Surkhet 2

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Surkhet 2
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
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Surkhet 2 in Karnali Province
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Assembly segments Surkhet 2(A) (red) and Surkhet 2(B) (blue) within Surkhet District
Province Karnali Province
District Surkhet District
Electorate102,940
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of members3
Member of
Parliament
Hridaya Ram Thani,
Congress
Karnali
MPA
2(A)
Yam Lal Kandel,
UML
Karnali
MPA
2(B)
Binda Man Bista,
Maoist Centre

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

Contents

Incorporated areas

Surkhet 2 incorporates Chaukune Rural Municipality, Panchpuri Municipality, Barahtal Rural Municipality and wards 1–14 of Birendranagar Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1991 Shiva Raj Joshi Nepali Congress
1994 Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML)
March 1998 CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress
2008 Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML)
2013 Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress
2017 Nawaraj Rawat CPN (UML)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (UML)
2022 Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress 34,62547.81
Amrit Bahadur Budha Chhetri CPN (UML) 29,55840.81
Tek Bahadur Chunara Rastriya Swatantra Party 4,6016.35
Bhim Bahadur Shahi Rastriya Prajatantra Party 2,6323.63
Others1,0101.39
Total72,426100.00
Majority5,067
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

Election in the 2010s

2017 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Nawaraj Rawat CPN (UML) 37,44754.28
Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress 28,64641.52
Others2,8974.20
Total68,990100.00
Valid votes68,99096.43
Invalid/blank votes2,5573.57
Total votes71,547100.00
Registered voters/turnout102,94069.50
Majority8,801
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [3]

2017 provincial election

2013 Constituent Assembly election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress 17,41939.06
Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML) 9,11820.45
Bhim Bahadur Malla UCPN (Maoist) 7,79717.49
Shiva Prasad Upadhyaya Independent 4,56510.24
Mukunda Shyam Giri Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal 3,1677.10
Others2,5265.66
Total44,592100.00
Valid votes44,59295.89
Invalid/blank votes1,9124.11
Total votes46,504100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,90178.95
Majority8,301
Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission [5] [6] [7]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML) 16,29733.93
Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress 14,69330.59
Sita Kumari Nepali CPN (Maoist) 14,44130.06
Others2,6045.42
Total48,035100.00
Valid votes48,03596.67
Invalid/blank votes1,6543.33
Total votes49,689100.00
Registered voters/turnout76,74664.74
Majority1,604
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [8]

Election in the 1990s

1999 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress 16,87045.80
Shiva Raj Upadhyaya CPN (UML) 15,79142.87
Yam Lal Kandel CPN (Marxist–Leninist) 1,9365.26
Others2,2346.07
Total36,831100.00
Valid votes36,83197.43
Invalid/blank votes9722.57
Total votes37,803100.00
Registered voters/turnout51,60473.26
Majority899
Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission [9] [10]

1994 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML) 12,84844.96
Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress 11,55640.44
Om Bahadur G.C. Rastriya Prajatantra Party 4,17214.60
Total28,576100.00
Majority1,292
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [9] [11]

1991 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Shiv Raj Joshi Nepali Congress 16,21460.44
- CPN (UML) 10,61139.56
Total26,825100.00
Majority5,603
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [12]

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 3 "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
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  9. 1 2 "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates (Comparative)". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  10. "Election Results' 99". Nepal Research. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  11. "Auswertung der Wahlergebnisse vom 15. November 1994" [Evaluation of the results of the 15 November 1994 election](PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  12. "Election 1991 Constituency Results" (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.