Jhapa 5 (constituency)

Jhapa 5 is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Jhapa District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

Jhapa 5
Parliamentary Constituency
Jhapa 5 in Province No. 1
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictJhapa District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentK.P. Sharma Oli

Incorporated areas

Jhapa 5 incorporates Damak Municipality, Kamal Rural Municipality, wards 1–8 of Gauradaha Municipality and wards 3–6 of Gauriganj Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Jhapa 5(A)
  • Jhapa 5(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Narayan Singh Rajbanshi CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994 Radha Krishna Mainali
March 1998 CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Tara Sam Yongya CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008 Keshav Kumar Budhathoki Nepali Congress
2017 K.P. Sharma Oli CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) K.P. Sharma Oli 43,515
Nepali Congress Khagendra Adhikari 26,822
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Satya Dev Prasad 1,915
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Gyan Bahadur Imbung Limbu 1,380
Others 2,614
Invalid votes 4,674
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Keshav Kumar Budhathoki 16,587
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu 16,347
UCPN (Maoist) Jhalak Bahadur Magar 9,172
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Dhruba Kumar Upreti 3,154
Sadbhavana Party Om Narayan Rajbanshi 1,523
Others 5,028
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Keshav Kumar Budhathoki 16,466
CPN (Maoist) Harka Bahadur Khadka 15,548
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Tara Sam Yongya 13,247
Sadbhavana Party Surya Narayan Ganesh 6,655
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Tara Nath Rajbanshi 2,601
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Lahan Singh Tumbapo 1,398
Others 2,457
Invalid votes 4,214
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Tara Sam Yongya 19,199
Nepali Congress Santosh Kumar Meinyangbo 16,651
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Nitya Nand Tajpuriya 3,492
Rastriya Janamukti Party Chandra Prasad Yongya 2,491
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Jung Prasad Chemjong 1,896
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Laxmi Prasad Odari 1,557
Others 656
Invalid Votes 942
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Radha Krishna Mainali 16,361
Nepali Congress Surya Narayan Tajpuriya 13,898
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Shiva Kumar Yongya 4,013
Rastriya Janamukti Party Chandra Prasad Yongya 3,043
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Top Lal Rajbanshi 1,652
Nepal Janabadi Morcha Kedar Nar Singh 197
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Chandra Prakash Mainali 18,892
Nepali Congress Ram Babu Prasai 11,948
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

References
  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  3. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. 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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