Kanchanpur 2
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Kanchanpur 2 in Sudurpashchim Province
Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Kanchanpur 2(A) (red) and Kanchanpur 2(B) (blue) within Kanchanpur District
Protected areas in green
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictKanchanpur District
Electorate89,791
Current constituency
Created1991
MPNarayan Prakash Saud (Congress)
Sudurpashchim
MPA
2(A)
Mohan Dutta Joshi (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA
2(B)
Lal Bahadur Khadka (NCP)

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

Incorporated areas

Kanchanpur 2 incorporates Krishnapur Municipality, Shuklaphanta Municipality and wards 1–7, 9 and 10 of Bedkot Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

  • Kanchanpur 2(A)
  • Kanchanpur 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Tarini Dutt Chataut Nepali Congress
1994 Bhoj Raj Joshi CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Tarini Dutt Chataut Nepali Congress
2008 Devi Lal Chaudhary CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Narayan Prakash Saud Nepali Congress
2017 Nar Bahadur Dhami CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Narayan Prakash Saud Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Narayan Prakash SaudNepali Congress28,13646.96
Nar Bahadur DhamiCPN (UML)21,68236.19
Jhankar Raj JoshiRastriya Swatantra Party4,9378.24
Ashok Bahadur SinghRastriya Prajatantra Party3,5155.87
Others1,6462.75
Total59,916100.00
Majority6,454
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Nar Bahadur Dhami 33,220
Nepali Congress Narayan Prakash Saud 24,893
Others 1,411
Invalid votes 3,257
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Narayan Prakash Saud 13,415
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Tara Lama Tamang 9,676
UCPN (Maoist) Amin Prasad Dahit 8,293
Madeshi Janadhikar Forum, Nepal (Loktantrik) Amar Singh Rana 4,783
Terai Madhesh Sadbhawana Party Nepal Ram Autar Rana 1,331
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bhuwan Raj Bhatta 1,328
Others 3,321
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Devi Lal Chaudhary 18,284
Nepali Congress Narayan Prakash Saud 11,202
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ram Autar Rana 5,623
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Maya Ram Chaudhary 4,643
CPN (United) Ram Bahadur Bista 1,873
Others 2,934
Invalid votes 2,942
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Tarini Dutt Chataut 13,109
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Chandra Lal Chaudhary 10,282
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Binod Bista 6,047
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Bhoj Raj Joshi 3,817
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Nanda Devi Khatri 2,139
Others 1,417
Invalid votes 1,236
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhoj Raj Joshi 11,863
Nepali Congress Tarani Dutt Chataut 7,203
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Binod Bista 5,260
Independent Prem Bahadur Bista 2,035
Others 498
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Tarini Dutt Chataut 16,923
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 9,802
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

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. 1 2 "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.
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