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
ProvinceGandaki Province
DistrictSyangja District
Electorate101,349
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepali Congress
MPDhan 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

Election results

2022 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Dhanraj GurungNepali Congress31,46646.51
Padma Kumari AryalCPN (UML)25,83938.19
Tika Raj GurungRastriya Swatantra Party8,11311.99
Others2,2393.31
Total67,657100.00
Majority5,627
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

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

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]

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]

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

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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