Jhapa 4 (constituency)

Jhapa 4 (Nepali: झापा ४) 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 4
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Jhapa 4 in Koshi Province
ProvinceKoshi Province
DistrictJhapa District
Current
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentLal Prasad Sawa Limbu
Koshi Province
MPA
1(A)
Radha Krishna Khanal
(UML)
Koshi Province
MPA
1(B)
Bhakti Prasad Sitaula
(RPP)

Incorporated areas

Jhapa 4 incorporates Jhapa Rural Municipality, Shivasataxi Municipality, wards 1–7 of Kankai Municipality, wards 1 and 2 of Gauriganj Rural Municipality and ward 9 of Gauradaha Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Koshi Provincial Assembly segment

  • Jhapa 4(A)
  • Jhapa 4(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Narayan Singh Rajbanshi CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994 Chakra Prasad Bastola Nepali Congress
2008 Dharma Shila Chapagain CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Prem Bahadur Giri CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017 Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

4(A)

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Jhalak Bahadur Magar 17,256
Nepali Congress Kiran Bhattarai 12,481
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Harka Prasad Limbu 1,457
Others 754
Invalid votes 1,102
Result Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

4(B)

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hari Kumar Thapa 24,901
Nepali Congress Uttam Kumar Sharma 14,965
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Surya Narayan Ganesh 1,234
Others 1,390
Invalid votes 1,661
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Lal Prasad Sawa LimbuCPN (UML)29,31539.17
Deu Kumar ThebeNepali Congress22,44830.00
Shambhu Prasad DhakalRastriya Swatantra Party14,06918.80
Khushbu OliIndependent5,0106.69
Others3,9945.34
Total74,836100.00
Majority6,867
CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu 43,515
Nepali Congress Deu Kumar Thebe 26,822
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Gyan Bahadur Imbung Limbu 1,132
Others 2,160
Invalid votes 3,563
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prem Bahadur Giri 22,159
Nepali Congress Udhhav Thapa 20,177
UCPN (Maoist) Purushottam Chudal 6,648
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Pralhad Sapkota 1,839
Others 2,429
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Dharma Shila Chapagain 19,289
Nepali Congress Chakra Prasad Bastola 15,502
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Devendra Dahal 13,662
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Prem Prasad Dahal 1,847
Others 3,164
Invalid votes 2,916
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Chakra Prasad Bastola 15,670
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yukta Prasad Bhetwal 15,645
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Bishwa Nath Singh Rajbanshi 6,748
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Radha Krishna Mainali 5,323
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ram Kumar Singh Rajbanshi 2,106
Rastriya Janamukti Party Dhan Bahadur Tamang 1,305
Others 598
Invalid Votes 1,323
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Chakra Prasad Bastola 13,912
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Narayan Singh Rajbanshi 13,668
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Marguv Alam 8,269
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ganesh Prasad Pokharel 3,211
Others 779
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Narayan Singh Rajbanshi 15,374
Nepali Congress Surya Prasad Ganesh 12,901
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: [1]

See also

References

  1. (in en) CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies. http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-08-31/cdc-submits-its-report-with-165-electoral-constituencies.html. Retrieved 2018-04-25. 
  2. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  3. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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