Jhapa 4 (constituency)

Jhapa 4
Jhapa 4
	Jhapa 4 in Koshi Province
Province	Koshi Province
District	Jhapa District
Current
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu
Koshi Province; MPA 1(A)	Radha Krishna Khanal; (UML)
Koshi Province; MPA 1(B)	Bhakti Prasad Sitaula; (RPP)

Jhapa 4 (Nepali: झापा ४code: ne is deprecated ) 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]

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

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


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu	CPN (UML)	29,315	39.17
	Deu Kumar Thebe	Nepali Congress	22,448	30.00
	Shambhu Prasad Dhakal	Rastriya Swatantra Party	14,069	18.80
	Khushbu Oli	Independent	5,010	6.69
	Others		3,994	5.34
Total			74,836	100.00

Majority			6,867
	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]

Related pages

List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

↑ (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.
↑ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
↑ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
↑ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
↑ ^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.
↑ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

Other websites

Constituency map of Jhapa

[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.

[2022el-2] "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.

[:0-3] "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.

[archive-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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