Sindhupalchok 2 (constituency)

Sindhupalchok 2
Parliamentary constituency
Sindhupalchok 2 in Bagmati Province
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Sindhupalchok District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Mohan Bahadur Basnet

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

Incorporated areas

Sindhupalchok 2 parliamentary constituency incorporates Indrawati Rural Municipality, Helambu Rural Municipality, Panchpokhari Thangpal Rural Municipality, Melamchi Municipaliaty and, wards 1, 5–8 and 11–14 of Chautera Sangachokgadhi Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

• Sindhupalchok 2(A)
• Sindhupalchok 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Krishna Raj Shrestha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Bishnu Bikram Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	1999	Subas Karmacharya	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Agni Prasad Sapkota	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	May 2016		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	2017	Sher Bahadur Tamang	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Yuvaraj Dulal CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Nima Lama Nepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	Nepali Congress	39,381	53.49
	Sher Bahadur Tamang	CPN (UML)	27,515	37.37
	Narsimha Shrestha	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,820	3.83
	Maya Gurung	Rastriya Swatantra Party	2,453	3.33
	Others		1,453	1.97
Total			73,622	100.00
Majority			11,866
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sher Bahadur Tamang	38,401
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)	Pashupati SJB Rana	30,369
	Unified Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist)	Chandra Dutta Khatiwada	1,341
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bir Bahadur Tamang	1,279
	Others		444
Invalid votes			6,104
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Sindhupalchok 2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Yuvaraj Dulal 20,687 Nepali Congress Bikash Tamang 13,521 Others 1,179 Invalid votes 1,826 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

Sindhupalchok 2(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Nima Lama 18,905 CPN (Maoist Centre) Dawa Tamang 18,708 Others 1,131 Invalid votes 1,786 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	UCPN (Maoist)	Agni Prasad Sapkota	12,808
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Subas Karmacharya	12,158
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bishnu Bikram Thapa	6,391
	Nepali Congress	Bikash Lama	6,375
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Bahadur Thakuri	1,226
	Others		1,362
Result		Maoist hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Agni Prasad Sapkota	30,175
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Subas Karmacharya	10,063
	Nepali Congress	Bhupendra Bahadur Thapa	5,241
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Babu Ram Khadka	2,743
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ambika Silwal	2,094
	Others		1,698
Invalid votes			3,042
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Subas Karmacharya	17,897
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bishnu Bikram Thapa	12,138
	Nepali Congress	Rajendra Man Talchabhadel	7,540
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Sudarshan Pradhan	1,898
	Independent	Prem Bahadur Adhikari	1,096
	Others		1,681
Invalid Votes			1,413
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bishnu Bikram Thapa	14,893
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Subas Karmacharya	10,289
	Nepali Congress	Binod Lama Moktan	9,427
	Others		1,162
Result		RPP gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Raj Shrestha	7,818
	Nepali Congress	Binod Lama Moktan	7,166
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 Sindhupalchok