Kanchanpur 2 (constituency)

Kanchanpur 2
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Kanchanpur 2 in Sudurpashchim Province Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Kanchanpur 2(A) (red) and Kanchanpur 2(B) (blue) within Kanchanpur District Protected areas in green
Province	Sudurpashchim Province
District	Kanchanpur District
Electorate	89,791
Current constituency
Created	1991
MP	Narayan Prakash Saud (Congress)
Sudurpashchim MPA 2(A)	Mohan Dutta Joshi (NCP)
Sudurpashchim MPA 2(B)	Lal Bahadur Khadka (NCP)

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

Incorporated areas

Kanchanpur 2 incorporates Krishnapur Municipality, Shuklaphanta Municipality and wards 1–7, 9 and 10 of Bedkot Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

• Kanchanpur 2(A)
• Kanchanpur 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Tarini Dutt Chataut	Nepali Congress
	1994	Bhoj Raj Joshi	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Tarini Dutt Chataut	Nepali Congress
	2008	Devi Lal Chaudhary	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Narayan Prakash Saud	Nepali Congress
	2017	Nar Bahadur Dhami	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Narayan Prakash Saud	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Mohan Dutta Joshi CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Lal Bahadur Khadka 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	%
	Narayan Prakash Saud	Nepali Congress	28,136	46.96
	Nar Bahadur Dhami	CPN (UML)	21,682	36.19
	Jhankar Raj Joshi	Rastriya Swatantra Party	4,937	8.24
	Ashok Bahadur Singh	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3,515	5.87
	Others		1,646	2.75
Total			59,916	100.00
Majority			6,454
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Nar Bahadur Dhami	33,220
	Nepali Congress	Narayan Prakash Saud	24,893
	Others		1,411
Invalid votes			3,257
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Mohan Dutta Joshi 17,672 Nepali Congress Pushkar Raj Ojha 12,462 Others 668 Invalid votes 1,232 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Lal Bahadur Khadka 16,385 Nepali Congress Bahadur Singh Thapa 11,851 Others 1,078 Invalid votes 1,403 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Narayan Prakash Saud	13,415
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Tara Lama Tamang	9,676
	UCPN (Maoist)	Amin Prasad Dahit	8,293
	Madeshi Janadhikar Forum, Nepal (Loktantrik)	Amar Singh Rana	4,783
	Terai Madhesh Sadbhawana Party Nepal	Ram Autar Rana	1,331
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bhuwan Raj Bhatta	1,328
	Others		3,321
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Devi Lal Chaudhary	18,284
	Nepali Congress	Narayan Prakash Saud	11,202
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ram Autar Rana	5,623
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Maya Ram Chaudhary	4,643
	CPN (United)	Ram Bahadur Bista	1,873
	Others		2,934
Invalid votes			2,942
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Tarini Dutt Chataut	13,109
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Chandra Lal Chaudhary	10,282
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Binod Bista	6,047
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bhoj Raj Joshi	3,817
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Nanda Devi Khatri	2,139
	Others		1,417
Invalid votes			1,236
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bhoj Raj Joshi	11,863
	Nepali Congress	Tarani Dutt Chataut	7,203
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Binod Bista	5,260
	Independent	Prem Bahadur Bista	2,035
	Others		498
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][1]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Tarini Dutt Chataut	16,923
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		9,802
Result		Congress gain
Source: [2]

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 Kanchanpur