Lalitpur 2 (constituency)

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

Lalitpur 2
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Lalitpur 2 in Bagmati Province
Assembly segments Lalitpur 2(A) (red) and Lalitpur 2(B) (blue) within Lalitpur District
ProvinceBagmati Province
DistrictLalitpur District
Electorate75,981
Current constituency
Created1991
MPKrishna Lal Maharjan (NCP)
Bagmati MPA 2(A)Madhav Prasad Paudel (NCP)
Bagmati MPA 2(B)Gyanendra Shakya (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Lalitpur 2 parliamentary constituency consists of Mahalaxmi Municipality and wards 6-9, 11, 12, 16, 17 and 19 of Lalitpur Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

  • Lalitpur 2(A)
  • Lalitpur 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Siddhi Lal Singh CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
March 1998 CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Krishna Lal Maharjan CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008 Raj Kaji Maharjan CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Chandra Maharjan Nepali Congress
2017 Krishna Lal Maharjan CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Lal Maharjan 27,713
Nepali Congress Chandra Maharjan 16,945
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Amir Raj Maharjan 5,408
Others 2,741
Invalid votes 1,704
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Chandra Maharjan 23,231
UCPN (Maoist) Saroj Dangol 12,059
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Lal Maharjan 9,108
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Ananda Adhikari 4,727
Nepa Rastriy Party Kiran Shakya 2,373
Others 2,803
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Raj Kaji Maharjan 17,088
Nepali Congress Chandra Maharjan 16,392
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Siddhi Lal Singh 11,335
Nepa Rastriy Party Pushpa Ratna Shakya 2,360
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bisantar Kumar Shakya 2,063
Janamorcha Nepal Gobinda Maharjan 1,055
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Ramesh Tamrakar 912
Others 1,047
Invalid votes 1,561
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Lal Maharjan 16,169
Nepali Congress Jagat Raj Shakya 14,878
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Siddhi Lal Singh 7,701
Others 2,398
Invalid Votes 889
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Siddhi Lal Singh 23,562
Nepali Congress Chandra Maharjan 12,046
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Hari Prasad Paudel 3,761
Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal Asta Man Maharjan 3,221
Others 250
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Siddhi Lal Singh 27,202
Nepali Congress Marshal Julaum Shakya 14,855
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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