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

Sunsari 2
Parliamentary
District labelProvince
DistrictProvince No. 1
Region labelDistrict
RegionSunsari District
Year1991
Seats1
PartyRastriya Swatantra Party
Members labelMember of Parliament
MembersLal Bikram Thapa
Member of the Provincial AssemblyRewati Raman Bhandari, (CPN (UML))
Member of the Provincial AssemblyRam prasad Mahato, ([[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN(UML))

[2]

Incorporated areas

Sunsari 2 incorporates Dewangunj Rural Municipality, ward 3 of Harinagara Rural Municipality, wards 1–3, 5, 8 and 9 of Ramdhuni Municipality, wards 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 and 10 of Inaruwa Municipality and wards 1–5 and 16–20 of Itahari Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Sunsari 2(A)
  • Sunsari 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1991Bijay Kumar GachhadarNepali Congress
2008Dharma Raj NiraulaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2013Rewati Raman Bhandari
2017Sitaram MahatoNepali Congress
2022Bhim AcharyaCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2026Lal Bikram ThapaRastriya Swatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

2(A)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Rewati Raman BhandariCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

2(B)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Rajeev KoiralaNepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rewati Raman Bhandari14537
CPN(Maoist Center)Dwarik lal chaudhary11852
ResultCPN (UML) won
Source: Election Commission
2(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressRajeev koirala17643
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram prasad Mahato18209ResultCPN UML won
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressSitaram Mahato41,495
CPN (Maoist Centre)Damaru Subedi35,349
Federal Socialist Forum, NepalTej Narayan Chaudhary4,834
Rastriya Janata Party NepalMunna Devi Mehta1,674
Others3,703
Invalid votes4,705
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Sarba Dhoj Sawa Limbu24,674
Nepali CongressHem Karna Paduel19,245
Others2,569
Invalid votes1,409
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
2(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressRajeev Koirala17,892
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bhim Prasad Acharya16,475
Federal Socialist Forum, NepalNarayan Yadav3,579
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Shyam Dev Mehta1,176
Rastriya Janata Party NepalMahadev Mehta1,066
Others677
Invalid votes3,049
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rewati Raman Bhandari18,474
Nepali CongressBadri Narayan Chaudhary11,443
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)Narendra Kumar Chaudhary7,468
UCPN (Maoist)Ram Kumari Chaudhary4,786
Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalPrem Prasad Bhattarai4,227
Federal Socialist Party, NepalTek Kumar Ale2,069
Rastriya Prajatantra PartySuraj Kadel1,511
Others3,441
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Dharma Raj Niraula15,636
CPN (Maoist)Kumar Phudung12,805
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyNarendra Kumar Chaudhary11,247
Nepali CongressAmbar Bahadur Gauli8,372
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, NepalArjun Thapa1,041
Others2,645
Invalid votes3,708
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressBijay Kumar Gachhadar27,527
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rewati Raman Bhandari23,339
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRohit Bahadur Karki3,639
Others2,192
Invalid Votes1,483
ResultCongress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressBijay Kumar Gachhadar21,963
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Kuldeep Peshkar10,708
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyTek Chandra Bishwakarma9,509
Others2,172
ResultCongress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressBijay Kumar Gachhadar27,775
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Lila Shrestha15,885
ResultCongress gain
Source: [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "सुनसरी : प्रदेश १ - प्रदेशसभाको निर्वाचन २०७९ विवरण तथा नतिजा". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  3. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived 2015-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived 2009-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. ^ "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived 2008-01-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.