Dhanusha 4 (constituency)

Dhanusha 4 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Dhanusha District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

Dhanusha 4
Parliamentary constituency
Dhanusha 4 in Madhesh Province
Province	Madhesh Province
District	Dhanusha District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Raghubir Mahaseth

Incorporated areas

Dhanusha 4 incorporates Bateshwar Rural Municipality, Lakshminya Rural Municipality, wards 1–3 and 5-11 of Mithila Municipality. 1-7 and 10 of Chhireshwarnath Municipality, wards 2 and 6–10 of Mithila Bihari Municipality and wards 9, 13, 14, 19, 21 and 22 of Janakpur Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Madhesh Provincial Assembly segment

• Dhanusha 4(A)
• Dhanusha 4(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	Nepali Congress
	1994	Bimalendra Nidhi
	1999	Krishna Pratap Malla	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	2008	Sanjay Kumar Sah	Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, Nepal
	June 2009		Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
	2013		Sadbhavana Party
	April 2017		Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
	2017	Raghubir Mahaseth	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

4(A Election Member Party 2017 Gyanendra Kumar Yadav Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal

4(B) Election Member Party 2017 Satrudhan Mahato CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) August 2021 CPN (Unified Socialist)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Raghubir Mahaseth	CPN (UML)	32,236	41.99
	Mahendra Yadav	Nepali Congress	32,112	41.83
	Mahajan Yadav	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	5,212	6.79
	Krishna Kumar Mahato	Independent	4,343	5.66
	Sanjay Kumar Yadav	Rastriya Swatantra Party	1,121	1.46
	Others		1,744	2.27
Total			76,768	100.00
Majority			124
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Raghubir Mahaseth	22,532
	Nepali Congress	Mahendra Yadav	19,991
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Mahajan Yadav	19,662
	Others		1,271
Invalid votes			3,861
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

4(A) Party Candidate Votes Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Gyanendra Kumar Yadav 14,606 Nepali Congress Dr. Chandra Mohan Yadav 7,973 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Babu Saheb Yadav 7,763 Others 883 Invalid votes 1,425 Result FSFN gain Source: Election Commission

4(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Satrudhan Mahato 12,800 Nepali Congress Basulal Mahato Koiri 11,549 Raj Kishore Mahato Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal 7,940 Others 693 Invalid votes 1,597 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Sadbhavana Party	Sanjay Kumar Sah	12,666
	Nepali Congress	Ram Saroj Yadav	11,426
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Brishesh Chandra Lal	2,650
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Shri Prasad Sah	2,072
	UCPN (Maoist)	Arbind Sah	1,114
	Others		5,843
Result		Sadhavana gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Madhesi Janadhikar Forum, Nepal	Sanjay Kumar Sah	13,422
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Raghubir Mahaseth	9,282
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Brishesh Chandra Lal	4,965
	Nepali Congress	Lila Koirala	4,363
	CPN (Maoist)	Arbind Kumar Lal Karna	1,847
	Sadbhavana Party	Ram Dayal Sah	1,344
	Others		3,197
Invalid votes			2,941
Result		Forum Nepal gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Krishna Pratap Malla	24,293
	Nepali Congress	Bimalendra Nidhi	19,053
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Aashis Mahaseth	5,553
	Others		2,914
Invalid Votes			747
Result		RPP gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bimalendra Nidhi	21,340
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Krishna Pratap Malla	16,563
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Mahendra Narayan Nidhi	25,852
	CPN (Democratic)	Ramashesh Mahaseth	8,434
Result		Congress 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 Dhanusha