Bara 2 (constituency)

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

Bara 2
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives 2079
Bara 2 in Madhesh Province
Province	Madhesh Province
District	Bara District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Janta Samajwadi Party Nepal	JASPA Nepal
Member Of Parliament, Lower House	Upendra Prasad Yadav
MPA 2A	Sharda Shankar Prasad Kalwar
MPA 2B	Bacha Raut Ahir

Incorporated areas

Bara 2 incorporates Pacharauta Municipality, Suwarna Rural Municipality, Karaiyamai Rural Municipality, Mahagadhimai Municipality, Devtal Rural Municipality and ward 8 of Kolhabi Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment

• Bara 2(A)
• Bara 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Sohan Prasad Chaudhary	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Radhe Chandra Yadav	Nepali Congress
	1999	Sohan Prasad Chaudhary	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Shiva Chandra Prasad Kushawaha	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Radhe Chandra Yadav	Nepali Congress
	2017	Ram Sahaya Yadav	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
	May 2019		Samajbadi Party, Nepal
	April 2020		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
	April 2022	Upendra Yadav	People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Sarada Shankar Prasad Kalwar Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Bachha Raut Ahir Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2023 by-election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Upendra Yadav	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	28,415	41.67
	Shivachandra Prasad Kushwaha	Janamat Party	23,334	34.22
	Purushottam Paudel	CPN (UML)	10,216	14.98
	Ramesh Kharel	Rastriya Swatantra Party	2,829	4.15
	Arun Kumar Gyawali	Aam Janata Party	2,738	4.02
	Others		660	0.97
Total			68,192	100.00
Majority			5,081
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal hold
Source: Election Commission

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ram Sahaya Yadav	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	13,822	21.68
	Shivachandra Prasad Kushwaha	CPN (Maoist Centre)	13,468	21.13
	Ram Kishor Prasad Yadav	Independent	11,043	17.32
	Rabindra Prasad Yadav	Independent	10,750	16.86
	Arun Kumar Gyawali	Independent	7,698	12.08
	Rajesh Sah	Janamat Party	2,725	4.28
	Tej Bahadur Bhagat	Nagrik Unmukti Party	1,111	1.74
	Others		3,125	4.90
Total			63,742	100.00
Majority			354
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal hold
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav	28,185
	Nepali Congress	Radhe Chandra Yadav	15,790
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Shiva Chandra Prasad Kushawaha	10,546
	Others		1,834
Invalid votes			3,546
Result		FSFN gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Sarda Shankar Prasad Kalwar 16,671 Nepali Congress Ram Prabesh Yadav 8,100 CPN (Maoist Centre) Ganesh Prasad Sah Kalvar 4,279 Others 674 Invalid votes 879 Result FSFN gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Bachha Raut Ahir 11,503 Nepali Congress Man Bushan Kumar Yadav 6,119 Independent Jalandhar Singh Jaiswar 5,804 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Sagar Prasad Yadav 2,779 Others 923 Invalid votes 1,180 Result FSFN gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Radhe Chandra Yadav	8,867
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Bachha Raut Ahir	4,505
	UCPN (Maoist)	Ram Babu Prasad Yadav	4,362
	Independent	Atmaram Prasad Sah	3,439
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Mohammad Shani Thakurai	3,339
	Sadhbhavana Party	Shiva Chandra Prakash Kushwaha	2,919
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Basudev Prasad Yadav	2,565
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Nawal Kishore Singh Rajput	2,465
	Tarai Madesh Sadbhwana Party Nepal	Prayag Raya Yadav	2,237
	Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi Party	Samsul Hoda	1,432
	Others		2,680
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Shiva Chandra Prasad Kushawaha	10,991
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Bachha Raut Ahir	10,584
	Nepali Congress	Radhe Chandra Yadav	9,635
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Prayag Raj Yadav	6,007
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rajendra Prasad Kalvar	3,459
	Others		3,409
Invalid votes			3,805
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sohan Prasad Chaudhary	22,910
	Nepali Congress	Radhe Chandra Yadav	19,366
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Prem Prasad Sah	4,201
	Independent	Sani Thakurai	1,265
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Palat Chaudhary Tharu	1,260
	Others		1,902
Invalid Votes			1,057
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Radhe Chandra Yadav	14,403
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sohan Prasad Chaudhary	14,150
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Chandra Shah	9,709
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Thakur Prasad Yadav	2,108
	Others		1,146
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sohan Prasad Chaudhary	14,307
	Nepali Congress	Radhe Chandra Yadav	13,357
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: [1]

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

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.

External links

• Constituency map of Bara