Morang 2 (constituency)

Morang 2
Parliamentary constituency
Morang 2 in Province No. 1
Province	Province No. 1
District	Morang District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Rishikesh Pokhrel
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Shiva Narayan Ganagain, NC
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Lila Ballav Adhikari, CPN (UML)

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

Incorporated areas

Morang 2 incorporates Ratuwamai Municipality, Sunawarshi Municipality, wards 5 and 6 of Pathari Shanishchare Municipality, wards 1–3 of Kanepokhari Rural Municipality and wards 1–3, 8 and 9 of Rangeli Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

• Morang 2(A)
• Morang 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Bharat Mohan Adhikari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Lal Bahadur Susling Magar	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Chandi Prasad Rai	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Minendra Prasad Rijal	Nepali Congress
	2022	Rishikesh Pokharel	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Shiva Narayan Gangai Nepali Congress

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Lila Ballabh Adhikari 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	%
	Rishikesh Pokharel	CPN (UML)	33,148	43.81
	Sujata Koirala	Nepali Congress	31,940	42.21
	Thagendra Prasad Neupane	Rastriya Swatantra Party	4,987	6.59
	Gopal Dahal	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,745	3.63
	Binod Mani Bhattarai	Hamro Nepali Party	1,457	1.93
	Others		1,389	1.84
Total			75,666	100.00
Majority			1,208
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Minendra Prasad Rijal	35,819
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rishikesh Pokharel	34,014
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Yuvraj Karki	2,595
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Mahendra Lal Das Kevrat	2,082
	Others		1,279
Invalid votes			4,460
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Shiva Narayan Gangai 16,418 CPN (Maoist Centre) Ganesh Prasad Upreti 15,107 Rastriya Janta Party Nepal Amrendra Kumar Sah 2,868 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Udaya Kumar Yadav 2,123 Others 944 Invalid votes 2,199 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lila Ballabh Adhikari 18,386 Nepali Congress Ghanindra Bahadur Kunwar 17,127 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Aashi Nath Rajbanshi 1,700 Others 1,652 Invalid votes 1,630 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Chandi Prasad Rai	14,516
	Nepali Congress	Shekhar Chandra Thapa	11,144
	UCPN (Maoist)	Kumar Prasad Paudel	5,487
	Federal Socialist Party, Nepal	Bhuraj Rai	1,595
	Others		4,127
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Lal Bahadur Susling Magar	16,567
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bharat Mohan Adhikari	12,537
	Nepali Congress	Basanta Bhattarai	10,093
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Deuman Sambahamphe	2,180
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Shukra Raj Sanyok	1,261
	Others		1,391
Invalid votes			2,714
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bharat Mohan Adhikari	22,428
	Nepali Congress	Basanta Bhattarai	15,364
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Man Bahadur Rai	3,419
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Lav Pradhan	1,142
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bhagwati Karki	1,104
	Others		1,373
Invalid Votes			940
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bharat Mohan Adhikari	16,758
	Nepali Congress	Basanta Bhattarai	9,174
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Dhruba Narayan Shrestha	4,932
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Kamal Charahanga	4,169
	Others		447
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bharat Mohan Adhikari	26,950
	Nepali Congress	Jagat Man Angdambe	12,993
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 Morang