# Morang 2

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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in Nepal}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name = Morang 2
| type = Parliamentary
| constituency_link = 
| parl_name = <!-- name of the law making body -->
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| map_year = 2017
| image = Morang2PratinidhiSabha.svg
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| caption = Morang 2 in [Koshi Province](/source/Koshi_Province)
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| district_label = Province<!-- can be State/Province, region, county -->
| district = [Koshi Province](/source/Koshi_Province)
| region_label = District<!-- can be State/Province, region, county -->
| region = [Morang District](/source/Morang_District)
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| year = 1991<!-- year of establishment -->
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| party = [Rastriya Swatantra Party](/source/Rastriya_Swatantra_Party)
| members_label = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament)
| members = Krishna Kumar Karki
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| previous = 
| next = 
| blank1_name = [Member of the Provincial Assembly](/source/Provincial_Assembly_of_Province_No._1)
| blank1_info = [Shiva Narayan Ganagain](/source/Shiva_Narayan_Ganagain), [NC](/source/Nepali_Congress)
| blank2_name = [Member of the Provincial Assembly](/source/Provincial_Assembly_of_Province_No._1)
| blank2_info = [Lila Ballav Adhikari](/source/Lila_Ballav_Adhikari), [CPN (UML)](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist))
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}}'''Morang 2''' is one of six parliamentary constituencies of [Morang District](/source/Morang_District) in [Nepal](/source/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](/source/Ratuwamai), [Sunawarshi Municipality](/source/Sunawarshi), wards 5 and 6 of [Pathari Shanishchare Municipality](/source/Pathari_Shanishchare), wards 1–3 of [Kanepokhari Rural Municipality](/source/Kanepokhari_Rural_Municipality) and wards 1–3, 8 and 9 of [Rangeli Municipality](/source/Rangeli).

== Assembly segments ==
It encompasses the following [Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly](/source/Provincial_Assembly_of_Province_No._1) segment

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

== Members of Parliament ==

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

=== [Provincial Assembly](/source/Provincial_Assembly_(Nepal)) ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

==== 2(A) ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Election
!Member
!Party
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[2017](/source/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections)
|Shiva Narayan Gangai
|[Nepali Congress](/source/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](/source/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections)
| rowspan="3" |Lila Ballabh Adhikari
|[CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)](/source/CPN_(Unified_Marxist-Leninist))
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|''May 2018''
|[Nepal Communist Party](/source/Nepal_Communist_Party)
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|''March 2021''
|[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)](/source/CPN_(UML))
|}
{{col-end}}

== Election results ==

=== Election in the 2020s ===

==== 2026 general election ====
{{Election results|cand1=Krishna Kumar Karki|party1=[RSP](/source/Rastriya_Swatantra_Party)|votes1=40924|cand2=Dilip Kumar Bagediya|party2=[CPN (UML)](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist))|votes2=15624|cand3=[Minendra Prasad Rijal](/source/Minendra_Rijal)|party3=[Congress](/source/Nepali_Congress)|votes3=12764|cand4=Abuho Rairaha|party4=[SSP](/source/Shram_Sanskriti_Party)|votes4=1822|cand5=Chandra Bir Rai|party5=[NCP](/source/Nepali_Communist_Party)|votes5=1366|cand6=Others|votes6=2286|invalid=|electorate=129,145|result=[RSP](/source/Rastriya_Swatantra_Party) 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](/source/Rishikesh_Pokharel)|party1=[CPN (UML)](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist))|votes1=33148|cand2=[Sujata Koirala](/source/Sujata_Koirala)|party2=[Nepali Congress](/source/Nepali_Congress)|votes2=31940|cand3=Thagendra Prasad Neupane|party3=[Rastriya Swatantra Party](/source/Rastriya_Swatantra_Party)|votes3=4987|cand4=Gopal Dahal|party4=[Rastriya Prajatantra Party](/source/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party)|votes4=2745|cand5=Binod Mani Bhattarai|party5=[Hamro Nepali Party](/source/Hamro_Nepali_Party)|votes5=1457|cand6=Others|votes6=1389|invalid=|electorate=|result=[CPN (UML)](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)) 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](/source/2017_Nepalese_legislative_election) ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[Nepali Congress](/source/Nepali_Congress)
|Minendra Prasad Rijal
|35,819
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist))
|Rishikesh Pokharel
|34,014
|-
| style="background-color:pink" |
|[Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal](/source/Federal_Socialist_Forum%2C_Nepal)
|Yuvraj Karki
|2,595
|-
| style="background-color:#ffb300" |
|[Rastriya Janata Party Nepal](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Nepali_Congress)
|Shiva Narayan Gangai
|16,418
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[CPN (Maoist Centre)](/source/CPN_(Maoist_Centre))
|[Ganesh Prasad Upreti](/source/Ganesh_Prasad_Upreti)
|15,107
|-
| style="background-color:#ffb300" |
|[Rastriya Janta Party Nepal](/source/Rastriya_Janata_Party_Nepal)
|Amrendra Kumar Sah
|2,868
|-
| style="background-color:pink" |
|[Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal](/source/Federal_Socialist_Forum%2C_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)](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Unified_Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist))
|Lila Ballabh Adhikari
|18,386
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[Nepali Congress](/source/Nepali_Congress)
|Ghanindra Bahadur Kunwar
|17,127
|-
| style="background-color:pink" |
|[Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal](/source/Federal_Socialist_Forum%2C_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](/source/2013_Nepalese_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)](/source/CPN_(UML))
|Chandi Prasad Rai
|14,516
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[Nepali Congress](/source/Nepali_Congress)
|Shekhar Chandra Thapa
|11,144
|-
| style="background-color:darkred" |
|[UCPN (Maoist)](/source/UCPN_(Maoist))
|Kumar Prasad Paudel
|5,487
|-
| style="background-color:pink" |
|[Federal Socialist Party, Nepal](/source/Federal_Socialist_Party%2C_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](/source/2008_Nepalese_Constituent_Assembly_election) ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:darkred" |
|[CPN (Maoist)](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Maoist_Centre))
|Lal Bahadur Susling Magar
|16,567
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)](/source/CPN_(UML))
|[Bharat Mohan Adhikari](/source/Bharat_Mohan_Adhikari)
|12,537
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[Nepali Congress](/source/Nepali_Congress)
|Basanta Bhattarai
|10,093
|-
| style="background-color:indianred" |
|[CPN (Marxist–Leninist)](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_(2002))
|Deuman Sambahamphe
|2,180
|-
| style="background-color:orangered" |
|[Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal](/source/Madheshi_Jana_Adhikar_Forum%2C_Nepal)
|[Shukra Raj Sanyok](/source/Sukra_Raj_Sonyok_(Songyokpa))
|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](/source/1999_Nepalese_legislative_election) ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)](/source/CPN_(UML))
|[Bharat Mohan Adhikari](/source/Bharat_Mohan_Adhikari)
|22,428
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[Nepali Congress](/source/Nepali_Congress)
|Basanta Bhattarai
|15,364
|-
| style="background-color:dodgerblue" |
|[Rastriya Janamukti Party](/source/Rastriya_Janamukti_Party)
|Man Bahadur Rai
|3,419
|-
| style="background-color:indianred" |
|[CPN (Marxist–Leninist)](/source/Communist_Party_of_Nepal_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_(1998))
|Lav Pradhan
|1,142
|-
| style="background-color:gold" |
|[Rastriya Prajatantra Party](/source/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](/source/1994_Nepalese_legislative_election) ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)](/source/CPN_(UML))
|[Bharat Mohan Adhikari](/source/Bharat_Mohan_Adhikari)
|16,758
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[Nepali Congress](/source/Nepali_Congress)
|Basanta Bhattarai
|9,174
|-
| style="background-color:gold" |
|[Rastriya Prajatantra Party](/source/Rastriya_Prajatantra_Party)
|Dhruba Narayan Shrestha
|4,932
|-
| style="background-color:dodgerblue" |
|[Rastriya Janamukti Party](/source/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](/source/1991_Nepalese_legislative_election) ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|[CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)](/source/CPN_(UML))
|[Bharat Mohan Adhikari](/source/Bharat_Mohan_Adhikari)
|26,950
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[Nepali Congress](/source/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]
|}

== See also ==

* [List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal](/source/List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_of_Nepal)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171030174945/www.election.gov.np/ecn/uploads/userfiles/maps/MORANG.pdf Constituency map of Morang]
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