Syangja 2 (constituency)

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

Syangja 2
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Syangja 2 in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Syangja 2(A) and Syangja 2(B) within Syangja District
Province	Gandaki Province
District	Syangja District
Electorate	101,349
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
MP	Dhan Raj Gurung
Gandaki MPA 2(A)	Mohan Prasad Regmi (NCP)
Gandaki MPA 2(B)	Bhagwat Prakash Malla (NC)

Incorporated areas

Syangja 2 incorporates Kaligandaki Rural Municipality, Galyang Municipality, Chapakot Municipality, wards 5–9 o., Waling municipality, Bheerkot municipality.,

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

• Syangja 2(A)
• Syangja 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Rudra Man Gurung	Nepali Congress
	1994	Dhruba Raj Lamsal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Gopal Man Shrestha	Nepali Congress
	2008		Nepali Congress
	2013	Kamal Prasad Pangeni	Nepali Congress
	2017	Padma Kumari Aryal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Dhanraj Gurung	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Mohan Prasad Regmi CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Bhagwat Prakash Malla Nepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Dhanraj Gurung	Nepali Congress	31,466	46.51
	Padma Kumari Aryal	CPN (UML)	25,839	38.19
	Tika Raj Gurung	Rastriya Swatantra Party	8,113	11.99
	Others		2,239	3.31
Total			67,657	100.00
Majority			5,627
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

2(A) Candidate Party Votes % Bhojraj Aryal Nepali Congress 15,161 49.74 Mohan Prasad Regmi CPN (UML) 12,431 40.78 Sagar Gaihre Rastriya Prajatantra Party 1,457 4.78 Raju Gurung Mongol National Organisation 869 2.85 Others 563 1.85 Total 30,481 100.00 Majority 2,730 Nepali Congress Source: [2]

2(B) Candidate Party Votes % Mahesh Bhattarai Nepali Congress 18,788 49.69 Buddhiman Shrestha CPN (UML) 17,002 44.97 Kamal Prasad Dumre Rastriya Prajatantra Party 884 2.34 Others 1,136 3.00 Total 37,810 100.00 Majority 1,786 Nepali Congress Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Padma Kumari Aryal	35,142
	Nepali Congress	Gopal Man Shrestha	31,436
	Others		1,077
Invalid votes			1,827
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Mohan Prasad Regmi 16,613 Nepali Congress Bishnu Paudel 13,140 Others 660 Invalid votes 833 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Bhagwat Prakash Malla 19,170 CPN (Maoist Centre) Surya Prasad Gairhe 17,630 Others 799 Invalid votes 604 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Kamal Prasad Pangeni	17,791
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Khand	16,264
	UCPN (Maoist)	Kalpana Aryal	2,809
	Others		1,420
Result		Congress hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Gopal Man Shrestha	17,247
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Chakra Bahadur Parajuli	12,173
	CPN (Maoist)	Deepa Bhushal	11,824
	CPN (United)	Rudra Bahadur Thapa	1,089
	Others		3,539
Invalid votes			2,471
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Gopal Man Shrestha	21,572
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Prem Narayan Sharma Paudel	13,991
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Neel Kantha Kafle	3,687
	Others		2,222
Invalid Votes			1,088
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dhruba Raj Lamsal	14,820
	Nepali Congress	Gopal Man Shrestha	12,236
	Independent	Surya Prasad Regmi	5,995
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Pitambar Thapa	4,569
	Others		1,296
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Rudra Man Gurung	15,999
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		13,285
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 Syangja