Dhanusha 2 (constituency)

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

Dhanusha 2
Parliamentary Constituency
Dhanusha 2 in Province No. 2
ProvinceProvince No. 2
DistrictDhanusha District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal
Member of ParliamentUmashankar Argariya

Incorporated areas

Dhanusha 2 incorporates Kamala Municipality, Janaknandani Rural Municipality, Sahidnagar Municipality, Aaurahi Rural Municipality, wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Bideha Municipality, wards 1, 4, 6 and 9 of Hansapur Municipality and wards 17 and 18 of Janakpur Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Dhanusha 2(A)
  • Dhanusha 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Lila Koirala Nepali Congress
1999 Yog Narayan Yadav CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008 Ram Krishna Yadav Nepali Congress
2017 Umashankar Argariya Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal
April 2018 People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Umashankar Argariya 32,044
CPN (Maoist Centre) Ram Chandra Jha 18,715
Nepali Congress Ram Krishna Yadav 15,442
Others 1,822
Invalid votes 3,648
Result FSFN gain
Source: Election Commission


2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ram Krishna Yadav 9,378
UCPN (Maoist) Ram Chandra Mandal 7,144
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhol Prasad Sah 5,365
Madhesh Samata Party Nepal Nirgun Sahani 1,963
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Sahitya Nanda Yadav 1,381
Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party Parmeshwar Sah Sudi 1,329
Others 6,473
Result Congress hold
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ram Krishna Yadav 9,825
CPN (Maoist) Ram Chandra Mandal 8,219
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ratneshwar Goit Yadav 6,518
Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party Parmeshwar Sah Sudi 4,490
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Pawan Kumar Jha 3,439
Others 3,466
Invalid votes 2,794
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yog Narayan Yadav 16,736
Nepali Congress Lila Koirala 15,843
Independent Asarfi Sah 13,204
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Ram Singh Yadav 1,730
Others 2,182
Invalid Votes 1,702
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Lila Koirala 17,147
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yog Narayan Yadav 14,056
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Hem Bahadur Malla 10,431
Others 2,409
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Lila Koirala 19,644
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Chandra Jha 8,791
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

References
  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "District - Bhaktapur". Nepalnews.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  3. "Constituent Assembly Election 2064 List of Winning Candidates". Election Commission of Nepal. 2008-05-09. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. "House of Representatives Election 2056 (1999) Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates (Comparative)". Election Commission of Nepal. 2003-12-05. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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