Palpa 2 one of two parliamentary constituencies of Palpa District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
Incorporated areas Palpa 2 incorporates Rainadevi Chhahara Rural Municipality, Ribdikot Rural Municipality, Bangnaskali Rural Municipality, ward 1 of Mathagadhi Rural Municipality, ward 1–4 and 6 of Tinau Rural Municipality and wards 1–7 and 9–14 of Tansen Municipality.
Assembly segments It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
Palpa 2(A) Palpa 2(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly ElectionMemberParty1991Gambhir Jang KarkiNepali Congress1994Som Prasad PandeyCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2008Lila Kumari WagleCPN (Maoist)January 2009UCPN (Maoist)2013Som Prasad PandeyCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)August 2021CPN (Unified Socialist)2022Thakur Prasad GaireCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2026Madhav Bahadur ThapaRastriya Swatantra Party
Provincial Assembly
2(A) ElectionMemberParty2017Puran Man BajracharyaCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
2(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Tula Ram Gharti MagarCPN (Maoist Centre)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
Election results
Election in the 2020s
2022 general election
Election in the 2010s
2017 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Som Prasad Pandey34,899Nepali CongressHari Prasad Nepal24,554Mongol National OrganisationThaman Bahadur Budha Magar1,005Others1,684Invalid votes1,596ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
2(A) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Puran Man Bachracharya18,042Nepali CongressMadhav Prasad Nepal13,470Others1,940Invalid votes595ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2(B) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist Centre)Tula Ram Gharti Magar16,422Nepali CongressRam Bahadur Karki11,496Others1,093Invalid votes717ResultMaoist Centre gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Som Prasad Pandey13,193Nepali CongressBir Bahadur Rana13,098UCPN (Maoist)Basanta Kumar Sharma4,967Rastriya Janamukti PartyTop Bahadur Aslami1,221Others694ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: NepalNews
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Lila Kumari Wagle12,750CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Som Prasad Pandey10,929Nepali CongressRajan Prasad Pant10,820Rastriya Janamukti PartyTop Bahadur Aslami1,706Others1,381Invalid votes1,356ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission
Election in the 1990s
1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Som Prasad Pandey15,905Nepali CongressRajan Prasad Pant15,151Rastriya Janamukti PartyGore Bahadur Khapangi3,542CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Som Nath Aryal1,011Others635Invalid votes764ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Som Prasad Pandey17,851Nepali CongressGambhir Jang Karki12,147Rastriya Prajatantra PartyHari Bahadur Thapa1,744Prajatantrik Lok DalDevendra Raj Pandey1,116Rastriya Janamukti PartyKheman Singh Rana42ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressGambhir Jang Karki17,248CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)13,282ResultCongress gainSource:
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
References
External links
Constituency map of Palpa