Kapilvastu 2 (constituency)

Kapilvastu 2
Parliamentary constituency
Kapilvastu 2 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Kapilvastu District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Surendra Raj Acharya

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

Incorporated areas

Kapilvastu 2 incorporates Budhhabhumi Municipality, Yashodhara Rural Municipality, wards 1–4 and 8–11 of Maharajgunj Municipality, and wards 1–7 of Kapilvastu Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Kapilvastu 2(A)
• Kapilvastu 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Deep Kumar Upadhyaya	Nepali Congress
	1994	Dipak Kumar Upadhyaya
	1999	Brijesh Kumar Gupta	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	2008	Dan Bahadur Kurmi	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party
	December 2010[2]		Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Nepal
	2013	Atahar Kamal Musalman	Independent
	April 2016[3]		Nepali Congress
	2017	Brijesh Kumar Gupta	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Surendra Raj Acharya	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Driga Narayan Pandaya CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Dharma Bahadur Lal Shriwastav CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Surendra Raj Acharya	Nepali Congress	39,014	48.33
	Brijesh Kumar Gupta	CPN (UML)	38,697	47.93
	Sabita Sharma	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,574	1.95
	Ekbal Ahmed Shah	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	1,123	1.39
	Others		322	0.40
Total			80,730	100.00
Majority			317
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [4]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Brijesh Kumar Gupta	35,147
	Nepali Congress	Surendra Raj Acharya	31,566
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Shatrudhan Vilas Singh Kurmi	2,048
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Ram Newas Yadav	1,774
	Others		1,379
Invalid votes			4,075
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Driga Narayan Pandaya 19,244 Nepali Congress Jwahar Lal Chaudhary 17,066 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Mohammad Safiq Mansoori 1,529 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Omkar Nath Shukla 1,206 Others 969 Invalid votes 1,721 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dharma Bahadur Lal Shriwastav 10,436 Nepali Congress Sudhakar Pandaya 10,050 Independent Raju Prasad Aryal 4,556 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Brija Gopal Gupta 2,368 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Ram Dev Kalwar 1,748 Others 2,637 Invalid votes 2,359 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Atahar Kamal Musalman	4,674
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Sahas Ram Yadav	3,693
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ajijur Rehman Shesh	3,320
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rajesh Singh	2,888
	Dalit Janajati Party	Abdul Rashid Khan	2,770
	UCPN (Maoist)	Ram Laut Tiwari	2,750
	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	Madhusudan Sharan Chaudhary	2,612
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Dan Bahadur Kurmi	2,350
	Nepali Congress	Rajesh Acharya	2,134
	Others		5,382
Result		Independent gain
Source: NepalNews[5]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	Dan Bahadur Kurmi	8,434
	CPN (Maoist)	Ramlaut Tiwari	7,806
	Nepali Congress	Atahar Kamal Musalman	6,180
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Shatrudhan Bilas Singh Kurmi	4,605
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sahas Ram Yadav	2,254
	Sadbhavana Party	Nisar Ahmed Khan	1,732
	Independent	Shyam Dev Nau	1,445
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Hari Ram Kurmi	1,045
	Others		2,612
Invalid votes			2,972
Result		TMLP gain
Source: Election Commission[6]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Brijesh Kumar Gupta	24,699
	Nepali Congress	Deep Kumar Upadhyaya	18,585
	Rastriya Janamorcha	Durga Paudel	5,115
	Others		1,926
Invalid votes			906
Result		RPP gain
Source: Election Commission[7][8]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dipak Kumar Upadhyaya	18,878
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bhagwan Das Gupta	17,401
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rukmini Kunwar	3,328
	Others		1,168
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[7]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Deep Kumar Upadhyaya	19,586
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa)		12,382
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. "Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party suffers split". 2012-04-05. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
3. "Deuba, Paudel in fray for Congress PP leader". The Himalayan Times. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
4. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
5. "Nepalnews.com – News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
6. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
7. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
8. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

• Constituency map of Kapilvastu