Rautahat 4 (constituency)

Rautahat 4 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 4
Parliamentary constituency
Rautahat 4 in Province No. 2
Province	Province No. 2
District	Rautahat District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Dev Prasad Timilsena

Incorporated areas

Rautahat 4 incorporates Chandrapur Municipality, Brindaban Municipality, wards 2–4, 8 and 9 Garuda Municipality and wards 1–5 and 9 Gadhimai Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment

• Rautahat 4(A)
• Rautahat 4(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Dr. Bamsadhar Mishra	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Uddhav Dhakal	Nepali Congress
	1999	Madhav Kumar Nepal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999 by-election	Prakash Koirala	Nepali Congress
	2008	Krishna Prasad Yadav
	2013	Satya Narayan Bhagat	UCPN (Maoist)
	May 2016		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	2017	Dev Prasad Timilsina	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

4(A) Election Member Party 2017 Dhan Lal Thokar Nepali Congress

4(B) Election Member Party 2017 Sheikh Abul Kalam Aazad Independent April 2018 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	%
	Dev Prasad Timilsena	Nepali Congress	34,161	48.82
	Udhav Prasad Regmi	CPN (UML)	26,559	37.96
	Rullal Rae Yadav	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,375	3.39
	Ajay Kumar	Independent	2,268	3.24
	Raj Narayan Sah	Rastriya Swatantra Party	1,876	2.68
	Others		2,731	3.90
Total			69,970	100.00
Majority			7,602
	Nepali Congress hold
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dev Prasad Timilsena	28,228
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bansidhar Mishra	23,006
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Kanthamani Prasad Kalwar	7,881
	Others		1,125
Invalid votes			3,186
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

4(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Dhan Lal Thokar 13,610 CPN (Maoist Centre) Devendra Prasad Patel 12,271 Independent Raju Dhami 3,753 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Mukti Narayan Chaudhary 2,696 Others 1,337 Invalid votes 1,626 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

4(B) Party Candidate Votes Independent Sheikh Abdul Kalam Aazad 7,393 Nepali Congress Ramagya Raya 7,268 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Nagendra Yadav 6,674 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Pradeep Shamsher Rana 4,840 Others 623 Invalid votes 1,337 Result Independent gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	UCPN (Maoist)	Satya Narayan Bhagat	10,008
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sarala Kumari Yadav	9,812
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Yadav	7,885
	Rastriya Madhesh Samajwadi Party	Pradeep Shamsher Rana	5,760
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Ram Niwas Raya Yadav	1,720
	Sanghiya Sadbhavana Party	Hari Narayan Sahani	1,036
	Others		4,250
Result		Maoist gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Yadav	9,997
	CPN (Maoist)	Satya Narayan Bhagat	8,916
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Jaynath Raya Yadav	8,087
	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	Hari Narayan Sahani	6,739
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dr. Bamsadhar Mishra	5,526
	Others		3,282
Invalid votes			2,994
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 by-elections

Party		Candidate
	Nepali Congress	Prakash Koirala
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Madhav Kumar Nepal	26,758
	Nepali Congress	Uddhav Dhakal	19,125
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Yugal Kishor Chaudhary	3,519
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Rajdev Prasad Chaudhary	2,107
	Others		486
Invalid Votes			2,000
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[6][7]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Uddhav Dhakal	20,482
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bansidhar Mishra	17,949
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Raj Dev Chaudhary	3,942
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Bishnu Narayan Chaudhary	2,425
	Independent	Govinda Prasad Upadhyaya	354
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[6]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bansidhar Mishra	12,665
	Nepali Congress	Uddhav Dhakal	12,630
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. "निर्वाचन आयोगको सूचना". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
6. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
7. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

• Constituency map of Rautahat