# Chitwan 2 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Chitwan 2 parliamentary constituency incorporates Ichchhyakamana Rural Municipality, Kalika Municipality and wards 1–5, 7, 10–12 and 29 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment
* Chitwan 2(A)
* Chitwan 2(B)

## Members of Parliament
### Parliament/Constituent Assembly

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Bhim Bahadur Shrestha | CPN (Democratic) |
| July 1991 | Bhim Bahadur Shrestha | CPN (United) |
| 1994 | Kashi Nath Adhikari | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1999 | Eknath Rababhat | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Ram Bahadur Thapa | CPN (Maoist) |
| January 2009 | Ram Bahadur Thapa | UCPN (Maoist) |
| 2013 | Shesh Nath Adhikari | Nepali Congress |
| 2017 | Krishna Bhakta Pokharel | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| May 2018 | Krishna Bhakta Pokharel | Nepal Communist Party |
| 2022 | Rabi Lamichhane | Rastriya Swatantra Party |

### Provincial Assembly
## Election results
### Election in the 2020s
#### 2023 by-election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Rabi Lamichhane | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 54,176 | 69.94 |
| | Jit Narayan Shrestha | Nepali Congress | 11,214 | 14.48 |
| | Ram Prasad Neupane | CPN (UML) | 10,936 | 14.12 |
| | Others | | 1,140 | 1.47 |
| Total | Total | Total | 77,466 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42,962 | |
| | Rastriya Swatantra Party hold | Rastriya Swatantra Party hold | Rastriya Swatantra Party hold | Rastriya Swatantra Party hold |
| Source: Election Commission of Nepal |||||

#### 2022 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Rabi Lamichhane | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 49,300 | 61.05 |
| | Umesh Shrestha | Nepali Congress | 14,988 | 18.56 |
| | Krishna Bhakta Pokharel | CPN (UML) | 14,652 | 18.14 |
| | Others | | 1,813 | 2.25 |
| Total | Total | Total | 80,753 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34,312 | |
| | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain |
| Source: |||||

#### 2022 Nepalese provincial elections
### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Bhakta Pokharel | 44,670 |
| | Nepali Congress | Shesh Nath Adhikari | 27,314 |
| | Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Bhupendra Raj Basnet | 1,245 |
| | Others | Others | 1,464 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,702 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Shesh Nath Adhikari | 17,810 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Prasad Sharma Khanal | 16,811 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Bishwa Bhakta Dulal | 9,320 |
| | Others | Others | 2,899 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

### Election in the 2000s
#### 2008 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Ram Bahadur Thapa | 21,409 |
| | Nepali Congress | Eknath Rababhat | 13,009 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Kashi Nath Adhikari | 11,312 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Bhagwati Ghimire | 2,179 |
| | Others | Others | 1,775 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,272 |
| Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

### Election in the 1990s
#### 1999 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Eknath Rababhat | 21,727 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Sita Kumari Paudel | 19,502 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Dambar Shrestha | 3,774 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Krishna Bahadur Lama | 1,313 |
| | Others | Others | 1,325 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,043 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Kashi Nath Adhikari | 17,592 |
| | Nepali Congress | Tek Prasad Gurung | 12,389 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Nanda Prasad Bhattarai | 4,046 |
| | Others | Others | 842 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Democratic) | Bhim Bahadur Shrestha | 25,716 |
| | Nepali Congress | Ganga Dhar Lamsal | 24,140 |
| Result | Result | CPN (D) gain | CPN (D) gain |
| Source: ||||