Kailali 5 (constituency)

Kailali 5
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Kailali 5 in Sudurpashchim Province
Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Kailali 5(A) (red) and Kailali 5(B) within Kailali District
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictKailali District
Electorate91,818
Current constituency
Created2008
PartyNepali Congress
MPDilli Raj Pant
Sudurpashchim
MPA 5(A)		Nepalu Chaudhary (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA 5(B)		Dilli Raj Pant (NC)

Kailali 5 is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Kailali District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

Incorporated areas

Kailali 5 incorporates Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City and wards 6 and 9 of Kailari Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

  • Kailali 5(A)
  • Kailali 5(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
2008 Lekh Raj Bhatta CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Dirgha Raj Bhatta Nepali Congress
2017 Narad Muni Rana CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2019 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Dilli Raj Pant Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Dilli Raj PantNepali Congress21,39234.63
Narad Muni RanaCPN (UML)20,31832.90
Pushkar Nath OjhaIndependent8,34913.52
Jagadish ChaudharyIndependent7,46012.08
Ishwari BistaRastriya Swatantra Party3,4055.51
Others8421.36
Total61,766100.00
Majority1,074
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Narad Muni Rana 27,202
Nepali Congress Araju Rana Deuba 22,322
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Laxman Chaudhary 6,747
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Dinesh Raj Bhandari 2,722
Others 621
Invalid votes 2,947
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dirgha Raj Bhatta 16,346
UCPN (Maoist) Lekh Raj Bhatta 9,334
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Padam Singh Singhal 9,139
Tharuhat Terai Party Nepal Madhav Chaudhary 1,674
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Gajendra Bahdur Singh 1,555
Others 3,540
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Lekh Raj Bhatta 17,979
Nepali Congress Dirgha Raj Bhatta 13,638
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hari Shankar Yogi 7,597
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ganesh Khadka 1,342
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Bamshiram Chaudhary 1,006
Others 2,310
Invalid votes 1,983
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

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.