Jhapa 2 (constituency)
Jhapa 2 (Nepali: झापा २) is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Jhapa District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]
Jhapa 2 | |
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Province | Koshi Province |
District | Jhapa District |
Current | |
Created | 1991 |
Party | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
Member of Parliament | Dev Raj Ghimire |
Koshi Province MPA 1(A) | Ekraj Karki (UML) |
Koshi Province MPA 1(B) | Tilchan Pathak (UML) |
Incorporated areas
Jhapa 2 incorporates Arjundhara Municipality, wards 1–9 of Birtamod Municipality, wards 8 and 9 of Kankai Municipality and wards 1-2–3 of Buddhashanti Rural Municipality.
Assembly segments
It encompasses the following Koshi Provincial Assembly segment
- Jhapa 2(A)
- Jhapa 2(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election | Member | Party | |
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1991 | Devi Prasad Ojha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
1994 | Chandra Prakash Mainali | ||
March 1998 | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | ||
1999 | K.P. Sharma Oli | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
2008 | Gauri Shankar Khadka | CPN (Maoist) | |
January 2009 | UCPN (Maoist) | ||
2013 | Sudhir Kumar Siwakoti | Nepali Congress | |
2017 | Pabitra Niraula Kharel | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party | ||
March 2021 | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | ||
2022 | Dev Raj Ghimire |
Provincial Assembly
2(A)
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2(B)
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Election results
Election in the 2020s
2022 general election
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Dev Raj Ghimire | CPN (UML) | 28,716 | 35.14 | |
Bhadra Prasad Nepal | Independent | 26,455 | 32.37 | |
Hari Kumar Rana Magar | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 13,930 | 17.05 | |
Rudra Prasad Giri | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 8,781 | 10.75 | |
Others | 3,839 | 4.70 | ||
Total | 81,721 | 100.00 | ||
Majority | 2,261 | |||
CPN (UML) hold | ||||
Source: [2] |
2022 provincial election
Election in the 2010s2017 legislative elections
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
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