Kapilvastu 2 (constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in Nepal
Kapilvastu 2 | |
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Parliamentary constituency | |
![]() Kapilvastu 2 in Lumbini Province | |
Province | Lumbini Province |
District | Kapilvastu District |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1991 |
Party | Nepali Congress |
Member of Parliament | Surendra Raj Acharya |
Kapilvastu 2 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Kapilvastu District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]
Incorporated areas
Kapilvastu 2 incorporates Budhhabhumi Municipality, Yashodhara Rural Municipality, wards 1–4 and 8–11 of Maharajgunj Municipality, and wards 1–7 of Kapilvastu Municipality.
Assembly segments
It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
- Kapilvastu 2(A)
- Kapilvastu 2(B)
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1991 | Deep Kumar Upadhyaya | Nepali Congress | |
1994 | Dipak Kumar Upadhyaya | ||
1999 | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | |
2008 | Dan Bahadur Kurmi | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | |
December 2010[2] | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Nepal | ||
2013 | Atahar Kamal Musalman | Independent | |
April 2016[3] | Nepali Congress | ||
2017 | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party | ||
March 2021 | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | ||
2022 | Surendra Raj Acharya | Nepali Congress |
Provincial Assembly
2(A)
| 2(B)
|
Election results
Election in the 2020s
2022 general election
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Surendra Raj Acharya | Nepali Congress | 39,014 | 48.33 | |
Brijesh Kumar Gupta | CPN (UML) | 38,697 | 47.93 | |
Sabita Sharma | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1,574 | 1.95 | |
Ekbal Ahmed Shah | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | 1,123 | 1.39 | |
Others | 322 | 0.40 | ||
Total | 80,730 | 100.00 | ||
Majority | 317 | |||
Nepali Congress gain | ||||
Source: [4] |
Election in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | 35,147 | |
Nepali Congress | Surendra Raj Acharya | 31,566 | |
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Shatrudhan Vilas Singh Kurmi | 2,048 | |
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Ram Newas Yadav | 1,774 | |
Others | 1,379 | ||
Invalid votes | 4,075 | ||
Result | CPN (UML) gain | ||
Source: Election Commission |
2(A)
| 2(B)
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Independent | Atahar Kamal Musalman | 4,674 | |
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Sahas Ram Yadav | 3,693 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ajijur Rehman Shesh | 3,320 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rajesh Singh | 2,888 | |
Dalit Janajati Party | Abdul Rashid Khan | 2,770 | |
UCPN (Maoist) | Ram Laut Tiwari | 2,750 | |
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Madhusudan Sharan Chaudhary | 2,612 | |
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Dan Bahadur Kurmi | 2,350 | |
Nepali Congress | Rajesh Acharya | 2,134 | |
Others | 5,382 | ||
Result | Independent gain | ||
Source: NepalNews[5] |
Election in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Dan Bahadur Kurmi | 8,434 | |
CPN (Maoist) | Ramlaut Tiwari | 7,806 | |
Nepali Congress | Atahar Kamal Musalman | 6,180 | |
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Shatrudhan Bilas Singh Kurmi | 4,605 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Sahas Ram Yadav | 2,254 | |
Sadbhavana Party | Nisar Ahmed Khan | 1,732 | |
Independent | Shyam Dev Nau | 1,445 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Hari Ram Kurmi | 1,045 | |
Others | 2,612 | ||
Invalid votes | 2,972 | ||
Result | TMLP gain | ||
Source: Election Commission[6] |
Election in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | 24,699 | |
Nepali Congress | Deep Kumar Upadhyaya | 18,585 | |
Rastriya Janamorcha | Durga Paudel | 5,115 | |
Others | 1,926 | ||
Invalid votes | 906 | ||
Result | RPP gain | ||
Source: Election Commission[7][8] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Nepali Congress | Dipak Kumar Upadhyaya | 18,878 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Bhagwan Das Gupta | 17,401 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rukmini Kunwar | 3,328 | |
Others | 1,168 | ||
Result | Congress hold | ||
Source: Election Commission[7] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
Nepali Congress | Deep Kumar Upadhyaya | 19,586 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) | 12,382 | ||
Result | Congress gain | ||
Source: [1] |
See also
References
- ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party suffers split". 2012-04-05. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "Deuba, Paudel in fray for Congress PP leader". The Himalayan Times. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
- ^ "Nepalnews.com – News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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