Dailekh 2 (constituency)

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

Dailekh 2
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Dailekh 2 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Dailekh 2(A) (red) and Surkhet 2(B) (blue) within Dailekh District
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictDailekh District
Electorate69,745
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of members3
Member of
Parliament		Dikpal Kumar Shahi,
Congress
Karnali
MPA 2(A)		Ghanashyam Bhandari,
Congress
Karnali
MPA 2(B)		Binod Kumar Shah,
UML

Incorporated areas

Dailekh 2 incorporates Dullu Municipality, Bhairabi Rural Municipality, Chamunda Bindrasaini Municipality, Thantikandh Rural Municipality and Aathabis Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Dailekh 2(A)
  • Dailekh 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Rang Bahadur Shahi Nepali Congress
1994 Binod Kumar Shah Nepal Workers Peasants Party
1995[2] CPN (UML)
1999 Shiv Raj Joshi Nepali Congress
2008 Raj Bahadur Budha CPN (UML)
2013 Laxmi Prasad Pokhrel
2017 Raj Bahadur Budha Chhetri
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (UML)
2022 Dikpal Kumar Shahi Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2022 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Dikpal Kumar ShahiNepali Congress20,18345.37
Laxmi Prasad PokharelCPN (UML)20,01644.99
Kesendra Prakash KarkiNepal Workers Peasants Party3,0866.94
Others1,2012.70
Total44,486100.00
Majority167
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [3]

2022 provincial election

2017 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Raj Bahadur BudhaCPN (UML)23,32353.30
Shiv Raj JoshiNepali Congress16,63438.01
Jagya Bahadur ShahiNepal Workers Peasants Party2,3475.36
Others1,4553.33
Total43,759100.00
Valid votes43,75994.11
Invalid/blank votes2,7385.89
Total votes46,497100.00
Registered voters/turnout69,75466.66
Majority6,689
CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

2017 provincial election

2013 Constituent Assembly election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Laxmi Prasad PokhrelCPN (UML)15,61937.63
Him Bahadur ShahiNepali Congress13,09631.55
Thir Bahadur karkiUCPN (Maoist)7,34717.70
Jagya Bahadur ShahiNepal Workers Peasants Party3,5118.46
Others1,9354.66
Total41,508100.00
Valid votes41,50893.46
Invalid/blank votes2,9056.54
Total votes44,413100.00
Registered voters/turnout56,44778.68
Majority2,523
CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[6][7][8]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Raj Bahadur BudhaCPN (UML)16,29232.71
Him Bahadur ShahiNepali Congress13,87727.86
Thir Bahadur karkiCPN (Maoist)11,27122.63
Tarka Bahadur BaduwalNepal Workers Peasants Party6,27612.60
Others2,0914.20
Total49,807100.00
Valid votes49,80793.89
Invalid/blank votes3,2406.11
Total votes53,047100.00
Registered voters/turnout85,62361.95
Majority2,415
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[9]

1999 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Shiv Raj JoshiNepali Congress18,88245.99
Binod Kumar ShahCPN (UML)14,44835.19
Harka Bahadur ShahiNepal Workers Peasants Party3,9629.65
Laxmi Prasad PokharelCPN (Marxist–Leninist)2,7126.60
Others1,0572.57
Total41,061100.00
Valid votes41,06196.64
Invalid/blank votes1,4293.36
Total votes42,490100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,41763.03
Majority4,434
Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[10][11]

1994 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Binod Kumar ShahNepal Workers Peasants Party13,64045.58
Ram Bahadur ShahiNepali Congress6,72522.47
Brish Bahadur ShahiRastriya Prajatantra Party5,01716.77
Chakra Nath YogiIndependent3,01910.09
Others1,5225.09
Total29,923100.00
Majority6,915
Nepal Workers Peasants Party gain
Source: Election Commission[10][12]

1991 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Rang Bahadur ShahiNepali Congress16,18257.73
-Nepal Workers Peasants Party11,84842.27
Total28,030100.00
Majority4,334
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [13]

See also

References
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