Dang 2 (constituency)

Dang 2
Parliamentary constituency
Dang 2 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Dang District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Rastriya Swatantra Party
Member of Parliament	Bipin Kumar Acharya
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Shankar Pokharel, (UML)

Dang 2 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Dang District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017. ^[1]

Incorporated areas

Dang 2 incorporates Banglachuli Rural Municipality, wards 4 and 6–19 of Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City, and wards 16–19 of Tulsipur Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Dang 2(A)
• Dang 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Shiva Raj Gautam	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Bal Dev Sharma	Nepali Congress
	2008	Dama Kumari Sharma	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Sushila Chaudhary	Nepali Congress
	2017	Krishna Bahadur Mahara	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	2022	Rekha Sharma
	2026	Bipin Kumar Acharya	Rastriya Swatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Shankar Pokharel CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Amar Bahadur Dangi Chhetri CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2026 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bipin Kumar Acharya	Rastriya Swatantra Party	43,559	54.83
	Shankar Pokharel	CPN (UML)	15,287	19.24
	Kiran Kishor Ghimire	Nepali Congress	11,558	14.55
	Nirmal Acharya	Nepali Communist Party	7,083	8.92
	Rishi Kesh Pokhrel	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	760	0.96
	Others		1,193	1.50
Total			79,440	100.00
Majority			28,272
	Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: [2]

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rekha Sharma	CPN (Maoist Centre)	26,880	36.07
	Shankar Pokharel	CPN (UML)	26,687	35.81
	Bishal Adhikari	Rastriya Swatantra Party	15,861	21.28
	Bholanath Yogi	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,273	3.05
	Others		2,829	3.80
Total			74,530	100.00
Majority			193
	CPN (Maoist Centre) hold
Source: [3]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Krishna Bahadur Mahara	40,042
	Nepali Congress	Raju Khanal	25,897
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bhoj Bahadur Bishwakarma	2,204
	Others		1,342
Invalid votes			4,284
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Shankar Pokharel 20,723 Nepali Congress Kamal Kishore Sharma Ghimire 11,172 CPN (Marxist-Leninist) Kapil Dev Pokharel 1,186 Others 492 Invalid votes 1,732 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Amar Bahadur Dangi Chhetri 21,450 Nepali Congress Bharat Bahadur Neupane 13,190 CPN (Marxist-Leninist) Jit Bahadur Wali 1,233 Others 623 Invalid votes 2,035 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Sushila Chaudhary	10,430
	UCPN (Maoist)	Hom Bahadur Pun	8,590
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Shanta Chaudhary	7,402
	Rastriya Janamorcha	Shashidhar Bhandari	1,856
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Govinda Bahadur K.K.	1,093
	Others		2,008
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews [4]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Dama Kumari Sharma	20,240
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Kishor Ghimire	6,930
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Naru Lal Chaudhary	5,442
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Prabhu Chaudhary	2,913
	Rastriya Janamorcha	Lal Mani Sharma	1,252
	Others		1,718
Invalid votes			1,512
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission [5]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bal Dev Sharma	14,811
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Chhabi Lal Oli	8,463
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Sushma Ghimire	5,550
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Dinesh Bahadur Neupane	5,386
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Khadga Bahadur Budha Magar	1,678
	Others		586
Invalid votes			1,667
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission [6] [7]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bal Dev Sharma	12,560
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sushma Sharma	9,695
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rana Bahadur Shah	9,330
	Others		504
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission [6]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Shiva Raj Gautam	20,590
	Nepali Congress		19,322
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies" . Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. "लुम्बिनी प्रदेश- दाङ , प्रतिनिधि सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र नं. २". Election Commission of Nepal.
3. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
4. "Nepalnews.com – News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
5. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
6. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
7. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

• Constituency map of Dang