Gorkha 2 (constituency)

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

Gorkha 2
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Gorkha 2 in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Gorkha 2(A) and Gorkha 2(B) within Gorkha District
Province	Gandaki Province
District	Gorkha District
Electorate	90,826
Current constituency
Created	1991
MP	Pushpa Kamal Dahal (MC)
Gandaki MPA 2(A)	Hari Sharan Acharya (SPN)
Gandaki MPA 2(B)	Surendra Raj Pandey (NC)

Incorporated areas

Gorkha 2 incorporates Ajirkot Rural Municipality, Siranchok Rural Municipality, Palungtar Municipality and wards 8–14 of Gorkha Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

• Gorkha 2(A)
• Gorkha 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Maya Devi Shrestha	Nepali Congress
	1994	Kamala Panta
	2008	Baburam Bhattarai	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Hit Raj Pandey
	May 2016		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	2017	Baburam Bhattarai	Naya Shakti Party, Nepal
	May 2019		Samajbadi Party, Nepal
	April 2020		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
	August 2022		Nepal Socialist Party
	2022	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	CPN (Maoist Centre)

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Hari Sharan Acharya Naya Shakti Party, Nepal May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal August 2022 Nepal Socialist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Prakash Chandra Dawadi Nepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	CPN (Maoist Centre)	26,109	51.28
	Kabindra Burlakoti	Rastriya Swatantra Party	12,639	24.82
	Abdus Salam Miya	CPN (UML)	7,395	14.52
	Sushil Pant	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,813	3.56
	Som Bahadur Gurung	Mongol National Organisation	1,164	2.29
	Others		1,798	3.53
Total			50,918	100.00
Majority			13,470
	CPN (Maoist Centre) gain
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

2(A) Candidate Party Votes % Fanindra Devkota Nepal Socialist Party 12,418 49.11 Raju Rana CPN (UML) 5,416 21.42 Rajendra Shah Rastriya Prajatantra Party 3,458 13.68 Saroj Giri Hamro Nepali Party 2,408 9.52 Bil Bahadur Tamang Lama Independent 1,023 4.05 Others 562 2.22 Total 25,285 100.00 Majority 7,002 Nepal Socialist Party Source: [2]

2(B) Candidate Party Votes % Surendra Raj Pandey Nepali Congress 16,887 64.57 Basanta Kumar Gurung CPN (UML) 5,370 20.53 Ram Bahadur Ghale Mongol National Organisation 1,482 5.67 Hari Pokharel Independent 1,367 5.23 Thakur Prasad Lamichhane Rastriya Prajatantra Party 869 3.32 Others 177 0.68 Total 26,152 100.00 Majority 11,517 Nepali Congress Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Naya Shakti Party, Nepal	Dr. Baburam Bhattarai	31,807
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Narayan Kaji Shrestha	24,933
	Others		739
Invalid votes			2,636
Result		Naya Shakti gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes Naya Shakti Party, Nepal Hari Sharan Acharya 15,343 CPN (Maoist Centre) Kamala Naharki 12,065 Others 651 Invalid votes 1,067 Result Naya Shakti gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Prakash Chandra Dawadi 15,853 CPN (Maoist Centre) Amar Bahadur Gurung Tamu 13,411 Others 621 Invalid votes 1,075 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	UCPN (Maoist)	Hit Raj Pandey	20,761
	Nepali Congress	Rabikala Sharma Neupane	7,929
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Baburam Adhikari	3,431
	Others		1,178
Result		Maoist hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Dr. Baburam Bhattarai	46,272
	Nepali Congress	Chandra Prasad Neupane	6,143
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Hari Prasad Kale	2,083
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Indra Bahadur Gurung	1,185
	Others		794
Invalid votes			1,428
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Kamala Panta	11,544
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Prem Bahadur Gurung	11,131
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Indra Bahadur Gurung	6,689
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Rajeshwar Devkota	5,852
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Dil Bahadur Gurung	1,295
	Others		1,035
Invalid Votes			1,568
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Kamala Panta	8,197
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rajeshwar Devkota	6,862
	Independent	Indra Bahadur Gurung	6,561
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bachaspati Devkota	4,957
	Independent	Chandra Nath Kandel	3,652
	Others		828
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Maya Devi Shrestha	15,269
	Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal	Suresh Wagle	13,687
Result		Congress 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. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
3. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
4. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
5. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. 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 Gorkha