Kanchanpur 2 is 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.

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 ElectionMemberParty1991Tarini Dutt ChatautNepali Congress1994Bhoj Raj JoshiCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)1999Tarini Dutt ChatautNepali Congress2008Devi Lal ChaudharyCPN (Maoist)January 2009UCPN (Maoist)2013Narayan Prakash SaudNepali Congress2017Nar Bahadur DhamiCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2022Narayan Prakash SaudNepali Congress2026Deepak Raj BoharaRastriya Swatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

2(A) ElectionMemberParty2017Mohan Dutta JoshiCPN (Maoist Centre)May 2018Nepal Communist Party

2(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Lal Bahadur KhadkaCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)August 2021CPN (Unified Socialist)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Nar Bahadur Dhami33,220Nepali CongressNarayan Prakash Saud24,893Others1,411Invalid votes3,257ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist Centre)Mohan Dutta Joshi17,672Nepali CongressPushkar Raj Ojha12,462Others668Invalid votes1,232ResultMaoist Centre gainSource: Election Commission

2(B) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Lal Bahadur Khadka16,385Nepali CongressBahadur Singh Thapa11,851Others1,078Invalid votes1,403ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressNarayan Prakash Saud13,415CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Tara Lama Tamang9,676UCPN (Maoist)Amin Prasad Dahit8,293Madeshi Janadhikar Forum, Nepal (Loktantrik)Amar Singh Rana4,783Terai Madhesh Sadbhawana Party NepalRam Autar Rana1,331Rastriya Prajatantra PartyBhuwan Raj Bhatta1,328Others3,321ResultCongress gainSource: NepalNews

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Devi Lal Chaudhary18,284Nepali CongressNarayan Prakash Saud11,202Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRam Autar Rana5,623CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Maya Ram Chaudhary4,643CPN (United)Ram Bahadur Bista1,873Others2,934Invalid votes2,942ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressTarini Dutt Chataut13,109CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Chandra Lal Chaudhary10,282Rastriya Prajatantra PartyBinod Bista6,047CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Bhoj Raj Joshi3,817Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)Nanda Devi Khatri2,139Others1,417Invalid votes1,236ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission

1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bhoj Raj Joshi11,863Nepali CongressTarani Dutt Chataut7,203Rastriya Prajatantra PartyBinod Bista5,260IndependentPrem Bahadur Bista2,035Others498ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressTarini Dutt Chataut16,923CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)9,802ResultCongress gainSource:

See also

List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

External links

Constituency map of Kanchanpur