Dhanusha 2 (constituency)

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

Dhanusha 2
Parliamentary constituency
Dhanusha 2 in Madhesh Province
Province	Madhesh Province
District	Dhanusha District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Ram Krishna Yadav

Incorporated areas

Dhanusha 2 incorporates Kamala Municipality, Janaknandani Rural Municipality, Sahidnagar Municipality, Aaurahi Rural Municipality, wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Bideha Municipality, wards 1, 4, 6 and 9 of Hansapur Municipality and wards 17 and 18 of Janakpur Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Madhesh Provincial Assembly segment

• Dhanusha 2(A)
• Dhanusha 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Lila Koirala	Nepali Congress
	1999	Yog Narayan Yadav	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Ram Chandra Jha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Umashankar Argariya	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
	May 2019		Samajbadi Party, Nepal
	April 2018		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
	August 2021		Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
	2022	Ram Krishna Yadav	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

2(A Election Member Party 2017 Shailendra Kumar Yadav Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Ram Ashish Yadav Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ram Krishna Yadav	Nepali Congress	20,112	25.90
	Umashankar Argariya	CPN (UML)	19,955	25.69
	Ram Chandra Jha	CPN (Unified Socialist)	13,605	17.52
	Ananda Yadav	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	12,901	16.61
	Jay Narayan Sah	Janamat Party	9,992	12.87
	Others		1,100	1.42
Total			77,665	100.00
Majority			157
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Umashankar Argariya	32,044
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Ram Chandra Jha	18,715
	Nepali Congress	Ram Krishna Yadav	15,442
	Others		1,822
Invalid votes			3,648
Result		FSFN gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Shailendra Kumar Yadav 16,523 Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Nawal Kishore Sah 9,085 Nepali Congress Rajeshwar Goit 7,386 Others 693 Invalid votes 1,503 Result FSFN gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Ram Ashish Yadav 17,132 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Chandra Mandal 9,489 Nepali Congress Rajdev Yadav 7,164 Others 847 Invalid votes 1,391 Result FSFN gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ram Krishna Yadav	9,378
	UCPN (Maoist)	Ram Chandra Mandal	7,144
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bhol Prasad Sah	5,365
	Madhesh Samata Party Nepal	Nirgun Sahani	1,963
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Sahitya Nanda Yadav	1,381
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Parmeshwar Sah Sudi	1,329
	Others		6,473
Result		Congress hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ram Krishna Yadav	9,825
	CPN (Maoist)	Ram Chandra Mandal	8,219
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ratneshwar Goit Yadav	6,518
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Parmeshwar Sah Sudi	4,490
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Pawan Kumar Jha	3,439
	Others		3,466
Invalid votes			2,794
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yog Narayan Yadav	16,736
	Nepali Congress	Lila Koirala	15,843
	Independent	Asarfi Sah	13,204
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Singh Yadav	1,730
	Others		2,182
Invalid Votes			1,702
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Lila Koirala	17,147
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yog Narayan Yadav	14,056
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Hem Bahadur Malla	10,431
	Others		2,409
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Lila Koirala	19,644
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Chandra Jha	8,791
Result		Congress gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
3. "District - Bhaktapur". Nepalnews.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
4. "Constituent Assembly Election 2064 List of Winning Candidates". Election Commission of Nepal. 2008-05-09. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
5. "House of Representatives Election 2056 (1999) Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates (Comparative)". Election Commission of Nepal. 2003-12-05. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
6. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

• Constituency map of Dhanusha