Palpa 2 (constituency)

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

Palpa 2
Parliamentary constituency
Palpa 2 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Palpa District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Member of Parliament	Som Prasad Pandey

Incorporated areas

Palpa 2 incorporates Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality, Ribdikot Rural Municipality, Bangnaskali Rural Municipality, ward 1 of Mathagadhi Rural Municipality, ward 1–4 and 6 of Tinau Rural Municipality and wards 1–7 and 9–14 of Tansen Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Palpa 2(A)
• Palpa 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Gambhir Jang Karki	Nepali Congress
	1994	Som Prasad Pandey	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Lila Kumari Wagle	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Som Prasad Pandey	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	August 2021		CPN (Unified Socialist)
	2022	Thakur Prasad Gaire	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Puran Man Bajracharya CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Tula Ram Gharti Magar CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Thakur Prasad Gaire	CPN (UML)	28,645	46.05
	Som Prasad Pandey	CPN (Unified Socialist)	24,899	40.03
	Som Prasad Gaire	Rastriya Swatantra Party	5,349	8.60
	Man Bahadur Darlami	Mongol National Organisation	1,604	2.58
	Others		1,709	2.75
Total			62,206	100.00
Majority			3,746
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Som Prasad Pandey	34,899
	Nepali Congress	Hari Prasad Nepal	24,554
	Mongol National Organisation	Thaman Bahadur Budha Magar	1,005
	Others		1,684
Invalid votes			1,596
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Puran Man Bachracharya 18,042 Nepali Congress Madhav Prasad Nepal 13,470 Others 1,940 Invalid votes 595 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Tula Ram Gharti Magar 16,422 Nepali Congress Ram Bahadur Karki 11,496 Others 1,093 Invalid votes 717 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Som Prasad Pandey	13,193
	Nepali Congress	Bir Bahadur Rana	13,098
	UCPN (Maoist)	Basanta Kumar Sharma	4,967
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Top Bahadur Aslami	1,221
	Others		694
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Lila Kumari Wagle	12,750
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Som Prasad Pandey	10,929
	Nepali Congress	Rajan Prasad Pant	10,820
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Top Bahadur Aslami	1,706
	Others		1,381
Invalid votes			1,356
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Som Prasad Pandey	15,905
	Nepali Congress	Rajan Prasad Pant	15,151
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Gore Bahadur Khapangi	3,542
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Som Nath Aryal	1,011
	Others		635
Invalid votes			764
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Som Prasad Pandey	17,851
	Nepali Congress	Gambhir Jang Karki	12,147
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Hari Bahadur Thapa	1,744
	Prajatantrik Lok Dal	Devendra Raj Pandey	1,116
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Kheman Singh Rana	42
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Gambhir Jang Karki	17,248
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		13,282
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 Palpa