Morang 2

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in Nepal}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Morang 2 | type = Parliamentary | constituency_link = | parl_name =  | map1 = | map2 = | map3 = | map4 = | map_size = 300 | map_entity = | map_year = 2017 | image = Morang2PratinidhiSabha.svg | image2 = | image3 = | image4 = | caption = Morang 2 in Koshi Province | caption2 = | caption3 = | caption4 = | district_label = Province | district = Koshi Province | region_label = District | region = Morang District | population = | electorate = | towns = | future = | year = 1991 | abolished_label = | abolished = | elects_howmany = | seats = | party_label =  | party = Rastriya Swatantra Party | members_label = Member of Parliament | members = Krishna Kumar Karki | local_council_label = | local_council = | previous = | next = | blank1_name = Member of the Provincial Assembly | blank1_info = Shiva Narayan Ganagain, NC | blank2_name = Member of the Provincial Assembly | blank2_info = Lila Ballav Adhikari, CPN (UML) | blank3_name = | blank3_info = | blank4_name = | blank4_info = }}'''Morang 2''' is one of six parliamentary constituencies of Morang District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|title=CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies|language=en|url=https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-08-31/cdc-submits-its-report-with-165-electoral-constituencies.html|access-date=2018-04-25}}</ref>

== Incorporated areas == Morang 2 incorporates Ratuwamai Municipality, Sunawarshi Municipality, wards 5 and 6 of Pathari Shanishchare Municipality, wards 1–3 of Kanepokhari Rural Municipality and wards 1–3, 8 and 9 of Rangeli Municipality.

== Assembly segments == It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

* Morang 2(A) * Morang 2(B)

== Members of Parliament ==

=== Parliament/Constituent Assembly === {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |1991 | rowspan="3" |Bharat Mohan Adhikari | rowspan="2" |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |1994 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |1999 |- | rowspan="2" style="background-color:darkred" | |2008 | rowspan="2" |Lal Bahadur Susling Magar |CPN (Maoist) |- |''January 2009'' |UCPN (Maoist) |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |2013 |Chandi Prasad Rai |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |2017 |Minendra Prasad Rijal |Nepali Congress |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |2022 |Rishikesh Pokharel |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Rastriya Swatantra Party}}" | |2026 |Krishna Kumar Karki |Rastriya Swatantra Party |- |}

=== Provincial Assembly === {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

==== 2(A) ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |2017 |Shiva Narayan Gangai |Nepali Congress |} {{col-2}}

==== 2(B) ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |2017 | rowspan="3" |Lila Ballabh Adhikari |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |''May 2018'' |Nepal Communist Party |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |''March 2021'' |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |} {{col-end}}

== Election results ==

=== Election in the 2020s ===

==== 2026 general election ==== {{Election results|cand1=Krishna Kumar Karki|party1=RSP|votes1=40924|cand2=Dilip Kumar Bagediya|party2=CPN (UML)|votes2=15624|cand3=Minendra Prasad Rijal|party3=Congress|votes3=12764|cand4=Abuho Rairaha|party4=SSP|votes4=1822|cand5=Chandra Bir Rai|party5=NCP|votes5=1366|cand6=Others|votes6=2286|invalid=|electorate=129,145|result=RSP gain|majority=25300|source=<ref name="2026el">{{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/MapElectionResult2082.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}</ref>}}

==== 2022 general election ==== {{Election results|cand1=Rishikesh Pokharel|party1=CPN (UML)|votes1=33148|cand2=Sujata Koirala|party2=Nepali Congress|votes2=31940|cand3=Thagendra Prasad Neupane|party3=Rastriya Swatantra Party|votes3=4987|cand4=Gopal Dahal|party4=Rastriya Prajatantra Party|votes4=2745|cand5=Binod Mani Bhattarai|party5=Hamro Nepali Party|votes5=1457|cand6=Others|votes6=1389|invalid=|electorate=|result=CPN (UML) gain|majority=1208|source=<ref name="2022el">{{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral2079.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rishikesh Pokharel defeats NC’s Sujata Koirala in Morang-2|url=https://kathmandupost.com/province-no-1/2022/11/25/rishikesh-pokharel-defeats-nc-s-sujata-koirala-in-morang-2|website=The Kathmandu Post|date=November 25, 2022}}</ref>}}

=== Election in the 2010s ===

==== 2017 legislative elections ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Minendra Prasad Rijal |35,819 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Rishikesh Pokharel |34,014 |- | style="background-color:pink" | |Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal |Yuvraj Karki |2,595 |- | style="background-color:#ffb300" | |Rastriya Janata Party Nepal |Mahendra Lal Das Kevrat |2,082 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |1,279 |- | colspan="3" |Invalid votes |4,460 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Congress gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission] |}

==== 2017 Nepalese provincial elections ==== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===== 2(A) ===== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Shiva Narayan Gangai |16,418 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |CPN (Maoist Centre) |Ganesh Prasad Upreti |15,107 |- | style="background-color:#ffb300" | |Rastriya Janta Party Nepal |Amrendra Kumar Sah |2,868 |- | style="background-color:pink" | |Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal |Udaya Kumar Yadav |2,123 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |944 |- | colspan="3" |Invalid votes |2,199 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Congress gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission] |} {{col-2}}

===== 2(B) ===== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Lila Ballabh Adhikari |18,386 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Ghanindra Bahadur Kunwar |17,127 |- | style="background-color:pink" | |Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal |Aashi Nath Rajbanshi |1,700 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |1,652 |- | colspan="3" |Invalid votes |1,630 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission] |} {{col-end}}

==== 2013 Constituent Assembly election ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Chandi Prasad Rai |14,516 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Shekhar Chandra Thapa |11,144 |- | style="background-color:darkred" | |UCPN (Maoist) |Kumar Prasad Paudel |5,487 |- | style="background-color:pink" | |Federal Socialist Party, Nepal |Bhuraj Rai |1,595 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |4,127 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: NepalNews<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2015-03-25|title=Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens|url=http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|archive-date=2015-03-25}}</ref> |}

=== Election in the 2000s ===

==== 2008 Constituent Assembly election ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:darkred" | |CPN (Maoist) |Lal Bahadur Susling Magar |16,567 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Bharat Mohan Adhikari |12,537 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Basanta Bhattarai |10,093 |- | style="background-color:indianred" | |CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |Deuman Sambahamphe |2,180 |- | style="background-color:orangered" | |Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal |Shukra Raj Sanyok |1,261 |- | |Others | |1,391 |- | colspan="3" |Invalid votes |2,714 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Maoist gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03}}</ref> |}

=== Election in the 1990s ===

==== 1999 legislative elections ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Bharat Mohan Adhikari |22,428 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Basanta Bhattarai |15,364 |- | style="background-color:dodgerblue" | |Rastriya Janamukti Party |Man Bahadur Rai |3,419 |- | style="background-color:indianred" | |CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |Lav Pradhan |1,142 |- | style="background-color:gold" | |Rastriya Prajatantra Party |Bhagwati Karki |1,104 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |1,373 |- | colspan="3" |Invalid Votes |940 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) hold |- | colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive">{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}</ref> |}

==== 1994 legislative elections ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Bharat Mohan Adhikari |16,758 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Basanta Bhattarai |9,174 |- | style="background-color:gold" | |Rastriya Prajatantra Party |Dhruba Narayan Shrestha |4,932 |- | style="background-color:dodgerblue" | |Rastriya Janamukti Party |Kamal Charahanga |4,169 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |447 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) hold |- | colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive" /> |}

==== 1991 legislative elections ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Bharat Mohan Adhikari |26,950 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Jagat Man Angdambe |12,993 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: [https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf] |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171030174945/www.election.gov.np/ecn/uploads/userfiles/maps/MORANG.pdf Constituency map of Morang] {{House of Representatives constituencies in Province No. 1}}

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