Kapilvastu 2 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Kapilvastu District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
Incorporated areas Kapilvastu 2 incorporates Budhhabhumi Municipality, Yashodhara Rural Municipality, wards 1–4 and 8–11 of Maharajgunj Municipality, and wards 1–7 of Kapilvastu Municipality.
Assembly segments It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
Kapilvastu 2(A) Kapilvastu 2(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly ElectionMemberParty1991Deep Kumar UpadhyayaNepali Congress1994Dipak Kumar Upadhyaya1999Brijesh Kumar GuptaRastriya Prajatantra Party2008Dan Bahadur KurmiTerai Madhesh Loktantrik PartyDecember 2010Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Nepal2013Atahar Kamal MusalmanIndependentApril 2016Nepali Congress2017Brijesh Kumar GuptaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2022Surendra Raj AcharyaNepali Congress2026Bikram ThapaRastriya Swatantra Party
Provincial Assembly
2(A)
ElectionMemberParty2017Driga Narayan PandayaCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
2(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Dharma Bahadur Lal ShriwastavCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)( in w20021)
Election results
Election in the 2020s
2022 general election
Election in the 2010s
2017 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Brijesh Kumar Gupta35,147Nepali CongressSurendra Raj Acharya31,566Rastriya Janata Party NepalShatrudhan Vilas Singh Kurmi2,048Federal Socialist Forum, NepalRam Newas Yadav1,774Others1,379Invalid votes4,075ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
2(A) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Driga Narayan Pandaya19,244Nepali CongressJwahar Lal Chaudhary17,066Federal Socialist Forum, NepalMohammad Safiq Mansoori1,529Rastriya Janata Party NepalOmkar Nath Shukla1,206Others969Invalid votes1,721ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2(B) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Dharma Bahadur Lal Shriwastav10,436Nepali CongressSudhakar Pandaya10,050IndependentRaju Prasad Aryal4,556Federal Socialist Forum, NepalBrija Gopal Gupta2,368Rastriya Janata Party NepalRam Dev Kalwar1,748Others2,637Invalid votes2,359ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesIndependentAtahar Kamal Musalman4,674Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, NepalSahas Ram Yadav3,693CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ajijur Rehman Shesh3,320Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRajesh Singh2,888Dalit Janajati PartyAbdul Rashid Khan2,770UCPN (Maoist)Ram Laut Tiwari2,750Terai Madhesh Loktantrik PartyMadhusudan Sharan Chaudhary2,612Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)Dan Bahadur Kurmi2,350Nepali CongressRajesh Acharya2,134Others5,382ResultIndependent gainSource: NepalNews
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesTerai Madhesh Loktantrik PartyDan Bahadur Kurmi8,434CPN (Maoist)Ramlaut Tiwari7,806Nepali CongressAtahar Kamal Musalman6,180Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, NepalShatrudhan Bilas Singh Kurmi4,605CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Sahas Ram Yadav2,254Sadbhavana PartyNisar Ahmed Khan1,732IndependentShyam Dev Nau1,445Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalHari Ram Kurmi1,045Others2,612Invalid votes2,972ResultTMLP gainSource: Election Commission
Election in the 1990s
1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesRastriya Prajatantra PartyBrijesh Kumar Gupta24,699Nepali CongressDeep Kumar Upadhyaya18,585Rastriya JanamorchaDurga Paudel5,115Others1,926Invalid votes906ResultRPP gainSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressDipak Kumar Upadhyaya18,878Rastriya Prajatantra PartyBhagwan Das Gupta17,401CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rukmini Kunwar3,328Others1,168ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission
1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressDeep Kumar Upadhyaya19,586Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa)12,382ResultCongress gainSource:
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
References
External links
Constituency map of Kapilvastu