2024 Ilam–2 by-election

2024 Ilam–2 by-election

27 April 2024 (2024-04-27)
Constituency of Ilam 2 in the House of Representatives
Turnout	60%[1]
Candidate Suhang Nembang Dambar Bahadur Khadka Dakendra Singh Limbu Party CPN (UML) Congress Independent Popular vote 27,772 21.942 11,457 Percentage 40.56 32.05 16.73
Ilam 2 in Koshi Province
MP before election Subas Chandra Nembang CPN (UML) Elected MP Suhang Nembang CPN (UML)

The 2024 Ilam–2 by-election was held in the Ilam 2 constituency of Nepal on 27 April 2024.[2][3] The by-election was held as the result of the death of the sitting member, Subas Chandra Nembang, chairman of the Constituent Assembly and vice–chair of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML), on 12 September 2023.[4] It was held alongside by-election in the provincial assembly seat of Bajhang 1 (A).[5]

CPN (UML)'s Suhang Nembang was elected in the by-election, succeeding his late father.[6][7]

Background

First elected to Rastriya Sabha, the upper house of the parliament of the then-Kingdom of Nepal, in 1991, Nembang served as the Minister of State for Law, Justice, Parliamentary Affairs and General Administration from 1994 to 1995 during the premiership of Man Mohan Adhikari. After the 1999 general election, he was successful in his move to the lower house, elected from Ilam 2, a seat he then represented until his death in 2023. He served as Speaker of the re-instated Pratinidhi Sabha in 2007 and was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly from 2008 to 2015. Nembang died from a heart attack on 12 September 2023, aged 70.[8]

2022 election result

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Subas Chandra Nembang	CPN (UML)	30,020	45.36
	Dambar Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress	29,906	45.19
	Prakash Sapkota	Rastriya Swatantra Party	1,380	2.09
	Mani Bahadur Limbu	Mongol National Organisation	1,363	2.06
	Khadga Prasad Palungwa	Rastriya Janamukti Party	1,272	1.92
	Others		2,244	3.39
Total			66,185	100.00
Majority			114
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [9]

Result

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Suhang Nembang	CPN (UML)	27,772	40.56	-4.8
	Dambar Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress	21,942	32.05	-13.14
	Dakendra Singh Limbu	Independent	11,457	16.73	New
	Milan Limbu	Rastriya Swatantra Party	5,050	7.38	+5.29
	Mani Kumar Limbu	Mongol National Organisation	816	1.19	-0.87
	Others		1,435	2.10	-3.21
Total			68,472	100.00	–
Valid votes			68,472	98.70
Invalid/blank votes			902	1.30
Total votes			69,374	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			115,889	59.86
Majority			5,830
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [10]

References

1. "प्रेस विज्ञप्ति - उपनिर्वाचन सम्पन्न भएको सम्बन्धमा" (PDF). Election Commission, Nepal.
2. "प्रेस विज्ञप्ति - उपनिर्वाचनको मिति तोकिएको सम्बन्धमा" (PDF). Election Commission, Nepal (in Nepali). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
3. "By-elections in Ilam, Bajhang on April 27". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
4. "Former Speaker and UML vice-chair Subas Chandra Nembang passes away". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
5. "Polling peaceful in Ilam, Bajhang". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
6. "Suhang Nembang of CPN-UML emerges victorious in Ilam-2". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
7. Republica. "UML's Nembang elected in Ilam-2". My Republica. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
8. "Subas Chandra Nembang, Nepal's key constitution drafter, is no more". OnlineKhabar English News. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
9. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
10. "उपनिर्वाचन नतिजा, २०८१". Election Commission of Nepal.