# Surkhet 2 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Surkhet 2 incorporates Chaukune Rural Municipality, Panchpuri Municipality, Barahtal Rural Municipality and wards 1–14 of Birendranagar Municipality.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment
* Surkhet 2(A)
* Surkhet 2(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Shiva Raj Joshi | Nepali Congress |
| 1994 | Yam Lal Kandel | CPN (UML) |
| March 1998 | Yam Lal Kandel | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1999 | Hridaya Ram Thani | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Yam Lal Kandel | CPN (UML) |
| 2013 | Hridaya Ram Thani | Nepali Congress |
| 2017 | Nawaraj Rawat | CPN (UML) |
| May 2018 | Nawaraj Rawat | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Nawaraj Rawat | CPN (UML) |
| 2022 | Hridaya Ram Thani | Nepali Congress |

### Provincial Assembly
## Election results
### Election in the 2020s
#### 2022 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Hridaya Ram Thani | Nepali Congress | 34,625 | 47.81 |
| | Amrit Bahadur Budha Chhetri | CPN (UML) | 29,558 | 40.81 |
| | Tek Bahadur Chunara | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 4,601 | 6.35 |
| | Bhim Bahadur Shahi | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 2,632 | 3.63 |
| | Others | | 1,010 | 1.39 |
| Total | Total | Total | 72,426 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,067 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: |||||

#### 2022 provincial election
### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Nawaraj Rawat | CPN (UML) | 37,447 | 54.28 |
| | Hridaya Ram Thani | Nepali Congress | 28,646 | 41.52 |
| | Others | | 2,897 | 4.20 |
| Total | Total | Total | 68,990 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 68,990 | 96.43 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,557 | 3.57 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 71,547 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 102,940 | 69.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,801 | |
| | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission |||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Hridaya Ram Thani | Nepali Congress | 17,419 | 39.06 |
| | Yam Lal Kandel | CPN (UML) | 9,118 | 20.45 |
| | Bhim Bahadur Malla | UCPN (Maoist) | 7,797 | 17.49 |
| | Shiva Prasad Upadhyaya | Independent | 4,565 | 10.24 |
| | Mukunda Shyam Giri | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | 3,167 | 7.10 |
| | Others | | 2,526 | 5.66 |
| Total | Total | Total | 44,592 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 44,592 | 95.89 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,912 | 4.11 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 46,504 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 58,901 | 78.95 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,301 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission |||||

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Yam Lal Kandel | CPN (UML) | 16,297 | 33.93 |
| | Hridaya Ram Thani | Nepali Congress | 14,693 | 30.59 |
| | Sita Kumari Nepali | CPN (Maoist) | 14,441 | 30.06 |
| | Others | | 2,604 | 5.42 |
| Total | Total | Total | 48,035 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 48,035 | 96.67 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,654 | 3.33 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 49,689 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 76,746 | 64.74 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,604 | |
| | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission |||||

### Election in the 1990s
#### 1999 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Hridaya Ram Thani | Nepali Congress | 16,870 | 45.80 |
| | Shiva Raj Upadhyaya | CPN (UML) | 15,791 | 42.87 |
| | Yam Lal Kandel | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | 1,936 | 5.26 |
| | Others | | 2,234 | 6.07 |
| Total | Total | Total | 36,831 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 36,831 | 97.43 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 972 | 2.57 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 37,803 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 51,604 | 73.26 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 899 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission |||||

#### 1994 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Yam Lal Kandel | CPN (UML) | 12,848 | 44.96 |
| | Hridaya Ram Thani | Nepali Congress | 11,556 | 40.44 |
| | Om Bahadur G.C. | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 4,172 | 14.60 |
| Total | Total | Total | 28,576 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,292 | |
| | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission |||||

#### 1991 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Shiv Raj Joshi | Nepali Congress | 16,214 | 60.44 |
| | - | CPN (UML) | 10,611 | 39.56 |
| Total | Total | Total | 26,825 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,603 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: |||||