Dang 2 (constituency)

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

Dang 2
Parliamentary constituency
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictDang District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentKrishna Bahadur Mahara
Member of the Provincial AssemblyShankar Pokharel, (UML)

Incorporated areas

Dang 2 incorporates Banglachuli Rural Municipality, wards 4 and 6–19 of Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City, and wards 16–19 of Tulsipur Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Dang 2(A)
  • Dang 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Shiva Raj Gautam CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994 Bal Dev Sharma Nepali Congress
2008 Dama Kumari Sharma CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Sushila Chaudhary Nepali Congress
2017 Krishna Bahadur Mahara CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022 Rekha Sharma

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rekha SharmaCPN (Maoist Centre)26,88036.07
Shankar PokharelCPN (UML)26,68735.81
Bishal AdhikariRastriya Swatantra Party15,86121.28
Bholanath YogiRastriya Prajatantra Party2,2733.05
Others2,8293.80
Total74,530100.00
Majority193
CPN (Maoist Centre) hold
Source: [2]

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Krishna Bahadur Mahara 40,042
Nepali Congress Raju Khanal 25,897
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Bhoj Bahadur Bishwakarma 2,204
Others 1,342
Invalid votes 4,284
Result Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Sushila Chaudhary 10,430
UCPN (Maoist) Hom Bahadur Pun 8,590
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Shanta Chaudhary 7,402
Rastriya Janamorcha Shashidhar Bhandari 1,856
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Govinda Bahadur K.K. 1,093
Others 2,008
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Dama Kumari Sharma 20,240
Nepali Congress Krishna Kishor Ghimire 6,930
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Naru Lal Chaudhary 5,442
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Prabhu Chaudhary 2,913
Rastriya Janamorcha Lal Mani Sharma 1,252
Others 1,718
Invalid votes 1,512
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bal Dev Sharma 14,811
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Chhabi Lal Oli 8,463
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Sushma Ghimire 5,550
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Dinesh Bahadur Neupane 5,386
Rastriya Janamukti Party Khadga Bahadur Budha Magar 1,678
Others 586
Invalid votes 1,667
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bal Dev Sharma 12,560
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Sushma Sharma 9,695
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Rana Bahadur Shah 9,330
Others 504
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Shiva Raj Gautam 20,590
Nepali Congress 19,322
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

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.
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