Sunsari 2 (constituency)

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 constituency
Sunsari 2 in Province No. 1
Province	Province No. 1
District	Sunsari District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Seats	1
Party	CPN(UML)
Member of Parliament	Bhim Acharya
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Rewati Raman Bhandari, (CPN (UML))
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Ram prasad Mahato, ([[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN(UML))

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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

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar	Nepali Congress
	2008	Dharma Raj Niraula	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2013	Rewati Raman Bhandari
	2017	Sitaram Mahato	Nepali Congress
	2022	Bhim Acharya	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Rewati Raman Bhandari CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Rajeev Koirala Nepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bhim Acharya	CPN (UML)	32,024	36.16
	Sitaram Mahato	Nepali Congress	26,068	29.44
	Lal Bikram Thapa	Rastriya Swatantra Party	19,391	21.90
	Dinesh Kumar Basnet	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	4,269	4.82
	Ramnanda Mahato	Janamat Party	1,192	1.35
	Deepak Raj Chaudhary	Nagrik Unmukti Party	1,162	1.31
	Nunu Ram Chaudhary	Nepal Loktantrik Party	1,023	1.16
	Others		3,423	3.87
Total			88,552	100.00
Majority			5,956
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: [3]

2022 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rewati Raman Bhandari 14537 CPN(Maoist Center) Dwarik lal chaudhary 11852 Result CPN (UML) won Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Rajeev koirala 17643 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram prasad Mahato 18209 Result CPN UML won Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Sitaram Mahato	41,495
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Damaru Subedi	35,349
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Tej Narayan Chaudhary	4,834
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Munna Devi Mehta	1,674
	Others		3,703
Invalid votes			4,705
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Sarba Dhoj Sawa Limbu 24,674 Nepali Congress Hem Karna Paduel 19,245 Others 2,569 Invalid votes 1,409 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Rajeev Koirala 17,892 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhim Prasad Acharya 16,475 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Narayan Yadav 3,579 CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Shyam Dev Mehta 1,176 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Mahadev Mehta 1,066 Others 677 Invalid votes 3,049 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rewati Raman Bhandari	18,474
	Nepali Congress	Badri Narayan Chaudhary	11,443
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Narendra Kumar Chaudhary	7,468
	UCPN (Maoist)	Ram Kumari Chaudhary	4,786
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Prem Prasad Bhattarai	4,227
	Federal Socialist Party, Nepal	Tek Kumar Ale	2,069
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Suraj Kadel	1,511
	Others		3,441
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: NepalNews[4]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dharma Raj Niraula	15,636
	CPN (Maoist)	Kumar Phudung	12,805
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Narendra Kumar Chaudhary	11,247
	Nepali Congress	Ambar Bahadur Gauli	8,372
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Arjun Thapa	1,041
	Others		2,645
Invalid votes			3,708
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar	27,527
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rewati Raman Bhandari	23,339
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rohit Bahadur Karki	3,639
	Others		2,192
Invalid Votes			1,483
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[6][7]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar	21,963
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kuldeep Peshkar	10,708
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Tek Chandra Bishwakarma	9,509
	Others		2,172
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[6]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar	27,775
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Lila Shrestha	15,885
Result		Congress 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. "सुनसरी : प्रदेश १ - प्रदेशसभाको निर्वाचन २०७९ विवरण तथा नतिजा". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
3. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
4. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
5. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
6. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
7. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

• Constituency map of Sunsari