Rautahat 2 (constituency)

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

Rautahat 2
Parliamentary constituency
Rautahat 2 in Province No. 2
Province	Province No. 2
District	Rautahat District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Mohammad Aftab Alam

Incorporated areas

Rautahat 2 incorporates Ishanath Municipality, Rajpur Municiaplity, Paroha Municipality, Baudhimai Municipality, wards 6 and 7 of Maulapur Municipality and wards 1–4 of Dewahi Gonahi Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment

• Rautahat 2(A)
• Rautahat 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Sheikh Idris	Nepali Congress
	1997 by-election	Mohammad Aftab Alam
	2013	Mohammad Mustaq Alam	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
	April 2017		Nepal Loktantrik Forum
	2017	Mohammad Aftab Alam	Nepali Congress
	2022	Kiran Kumar Sah	Independent

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Nagendra Prasad Sinha Nepali Congress

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Ram Kishore Prasad Yadav Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kiran Kumar Sah	Independent	32,842	50.81
	Mohammad Firdos Alam	Nepali Congress	28,248	43.70
	Shailendra Shah	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	2,122	3.28
	Ramyas Jha	Janamat Party	1,004	1.55
	Others		420	0.65
Total			64,636	100.00
Majority			4,594
	Independent gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Mohammad Aftab Alam	18,833
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Kiran Kumar Sah	16,865
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mohammad Mustaq Alam	13,883
	Others		2,450
Invalid votes			3,277
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Nagendra Prasad Sinha 11,851 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Shailendra Shah 7,761 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Dr. Ram Shankar Thakur 5,070 Others 1,488 Invalid votes 1,069 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Ram Kishore Prasad Yadav 9,522 CPN (Maoist Centre) Manoj Kumar Yadav 7,966 Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Giri 7,757 Others 1,351 Invalid votes 1,297 Result FSFN gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Mohammad Mustaq Alam	13,450
	Nepali Congress	Mohammad Aftab Alam	10,405
	UCPN (Maoist)	Kiran Kumar Sah	4,685
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Abdul Kalam Aazad	1,270
	Others		3,518
Result		MJFN(D) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Mohammad Aftab Alam	16,801
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Shailendra Sah	7,406
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Abdul Jabbar	5,831
	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	Nagendra Prasad Sinha	4,214
	CPN (Maoist)	Surendra Prasad Jaiswal	3,861
	Others		2,298
Invalid votes			2,425
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Mohammad Aftab Alam	29,758
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Abul Kalam Aazad	19,775
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Kapil Dev Prasad Patel	1,590
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Lalbabu Yadav	1,057
	Others		527
Invalid Votes			1,099
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1997 by-elections

Party		Candidate
	Nepali Congress	Mohammad Aftab Alam
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[7]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Sheikh Idris	22,681
	Independent	Dr. Sheikh Moida	8,859
	Independent	Rajendra Prasad Patel	7,010
	CPN (United)	Mohammad Abbas	5,493
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Shambhu Prasad	3,654
	Rastriya Jana Parishad	Laxman Chaudhary	155
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Sheikh Idris	28,276
	CPN (Democratic)	Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar	13,848
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.
7. "प्रतिनिधिसभाको सदस्य निर्वाचित भएको". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-12-11.

External links

• Constituency map of Rautahat