Kaski 2 (constituency)

Kaski 2
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Kaski 2 in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Kaski 2(A) and Kaski 2(B) within Kaski District
Province	Gandaki Province
District	Kaski District
Electorate	70,651
Current constituency
Created	1991
MP	Bidya Bhattarai (NCP)
Gandaki MPA 2(A)	Krishna Bahadur Thapa (NCP)
Gandaki MPA 2(B)	Bindu Kumar Thapa (NC)

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

Incorporated areas

Kaski 2 incorporates wards 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21 and 33 of Pokhara Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

• Kaski 2(A)
• Kaski 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Tul Bahadur Gurung	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Mahadev Gurung	Nepali Congress
	2008	Raj Kaji Gurung	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Sharada Devi Paudel	Nepali Congress
	2017	Rabindra Prasad Adhikari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	2019 by-election	Bidya Bhattarai	Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Krishna Bahadur Thapa CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Bindu Kumar Thapa Nepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bidhya Bhattarai	CPN (UML)	16,998	36.05
	Madhav Prasad Kandel	Rastriya Swatantra Party	12,495	26.50
	Shreenath Baral	CPN (Unified Socialist)	9,659	20.48
	Subarna Raj Pant	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3,993	8.47
	Mahadev Gurung	Independent	1,340	2.84
	Others		2,671	5.66
Total			47,156	100.00
Majority			4,503
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

2(A) Candidate Party Votes % Bhim Bahadur Karki CPN (UML) 10,531 41.79 Bijay Bahadur Bhandari Rastriya Prajatantra Party 5,893 23.38 Biswo Prakash Adhikari CPN (Maoist Centre) 5,540 21.98 Chet Bahadur Mahat Hamro Nepali Party 2,592 10.29 Others 644 2.56 Total 25,200 100.00 Majority 4,638 CPN (UML) Source: [2]

2(B) Candidate Party Votes % Bindu Kumar Thapa Nepali Congress 9,280 41.25 Mina Gurung CPN (UML) 7,971 35.43 Arun Giri Rastriya Prajatantra Party 3,903 17.35 Others 1,342 5.97 Total 22,496 100.00 Majority 1,309 Nepali Congress Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2019 by-elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Communist Party	Bidya Bhattarai	24,394
	Nepali Congress	Khem Raj Paudel	15,991
	Samajbadi Party, Nepal	Dharma Raj Gurung	1,922
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rom Bahadur Bhandari	1,153
	Others		1,486
Invalid votes			600
Result		NCP hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rabindra Prasad Adhikari	27,207
	Nepali Congress	Dev Raj Chalise	18,661
	Others		2,581
Invalid votes			1,464
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Bahadur Thapa 15,329 Nepali Congress Guru Prasad Baral 8,325 Others 2,174 Invalid votes 605 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Bindu Kumar Thapa 10,726 CPN (Maoist Centre) Raj Kaji Gurung 9,924 Independent Naresh Shankar Palikhe 1,292 Others 1,130 Invalid votes 448 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Sharada Devi Paudel	11,662
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Bahadur Thapa	11,318
	UCPN (Maoist)	Bakhan Singh Gurung	5,606
	Federal Socialist Party, Nepal	Devi Raj Gurung	2,595
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Jaya Lal Pun	1,401
	Akhanda Nepal Party	Padam Bahadur Karki	1,241
	Others		1,608
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Raj Kaji Gurung	14,832
	Nepali Congress	Sharada Devi Paudel	10,743
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Gaja Kumari Gurung	10,637
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Kamal Man Gurung	1,374
	Others		2,211
Invalid votes			1,527
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Mahadev Gurung	26,443
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Tul Bahadur Gurung	22,126
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Harka Bahadur Pun	2,960
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rom Bahadur Bhandari	2,691
	Others		775
Invalid Votes			1,426
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Tul Bahadur Gurung	22,377
	Nepali Congress	Shukra Raj Sharma	18,663
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Surya Bahadur K.C.	8,568
	Others		745
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Tul Bahadur Gurung	24,034
	Nepali Congress		21,311
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: [1]

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". 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. "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.

External links

• Constituency map of Kaski