Surkhet 2 (constituency)

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]

Surkhet 2
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Surkhet 2 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Surkhet 2(A) (red) and Surkhet 2(B) (blue) within Surkhet District
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictSurkhet District
Electorate102,940
Current constituency
Created1991
MP (NCP)Nawaraj Rawat
Karnali MPA 2(A)Yam Lal Kandel (NCP)
Karnali MPA 2(B)Binda Man Bista (NCP)

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

  • Surkhet 2(A)
  • Surkhet 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

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

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Nawaraj Rawat 37,447
Nepali Congress Hridaya Ram Thani 28,646
Others 2,897
Invalid votes 2,557
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Hridaya Ram Thani 17,419
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yam Lal Kandel 9,118
UCPN (Maoist) Bhim Bahadur Malla 7,797
Independent Shiva Prasad Upadhyaya 4,565
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Mukunda Shyam Giri 3,167
Others 2,526
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yam Lal Kandel 16,297
Nepali Congress Hridaya Ram Thani 14,693
CPN (Maoist) Sita Kumari Nepali 14,441
Others 2,604
Invalid votes 1,654
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Hridaya Ram Thani 16,870
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Shiva Raj Upadhyaya 15,791
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Yam Lal Kandel 1,936
Others 2,234
Invalid votes 972
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yam Lal Kandel 12,848
Nepali Congress Hridaya Ram Thani 11,556
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Om Bahadur G.C. 4,172
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Shiva Raj Joshi 16,214
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 10,611
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

References

  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  3. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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