# Rupandehi 5 (constituency)

Rupandehi 5 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Rupandehi District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.

## Incorporated areas

Rupandehi 5 incorporates Kanchan Rural Municipality, Gaidhawa Rural Municipality, wards 5–11 of Sainamaina Municipality, wards 6–9 of Sudhdhodhan Rural Municipality, ward 1 of Mayadevi Rural Municipality and wards 1 and 3–11 of Lumbini Sanskritik Municipality.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
* Rupandehi 5(A)
* Rupandehi 5(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Shyam Sundar Gupta | Nepal Sadbhawana Party |
| 1994 | Sarvendra Nath Shukla | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
| 1999 | Yaggya Jeet Shah | Nepal Sadbhawana Party |
| 2008 | Ram Nath Dhakal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2013 | Bharat Kumar Shah | Nepali Congress |
| 2022 | Basudev Ghimire | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Basudev Ghimire | CPN (UML) | 36,822 | 45.74 |
| | Bharat Kumar Shah | Nepali Congress | 27,120 | 33.69 |
| | Chandrashekhar Sonar | Janamat Party | 8,390 | 10.42 |
| | Bhishma Kumar Rana | Hamro Nepali Party | 5,876 | 7.30 |
| | Others | | 2,296 | 2.85 |
| Total | Total | Total | 80,504 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,702 | |
| | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: |||||

### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Bharat Kumar Shah | 33,088 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Dila Ram Acharya | 20,438 |
| | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Mohammad Wakil Musalman | 14,121 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Upadhyaya | 1,879 |
| | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Bhaira Bahadur Thapa Magar | 1,657 |
| | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Rajendra Gupta | 1,337 |
| | Others | Others | 1,739 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 5,237 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Bharat Kumar Shah | 14,274 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Nath Dhakal | 13,766 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Dadhiram Neupane | 4,622 |
| | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Bam Bahadur Darlami Magar | 2,393 |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Mohan Lal Yadav | 2,271 |
| | Others | Others | 3,382 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Nath Dhakal | 11,080 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Basanta Kumar Shrestha | 10,785 |
| | Nepali Congress | Bharat Kumar Shah | 8,920 |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Mohan Lal Yadav | 4,443 |
| | Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi) | Rangi Lal Lodh | 2,610 |
| | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Bhaira Bahadur Thapa | 2,571 |
| | Sadbhawana Party | Gajendra Gupta | 1,356 |
| | Others | | 2,885 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,144 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Yaggya Jeet Shah | 19,203 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Sarvendra Nath Shukla | 14,476 |
| | Nepali Congress | Vashistha Mani Tripathi | 9,016 |
| | Others | Others | 1,598 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,151 |
| Result | Result | NSP gain | NSP gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Sarvendra Nath Shukla | 13,919 |
| | Independent | Yaggya Jeet Shah | 11,712 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Shyam Sundar Gupta | 6,694 |
| | Nepali Congress | Shaligram Upadhyaya | 3,699 |
| | Others | Others | 1,752 |
| Result | Result | RPP gain | RPP gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Shyam Sundar Gupta | 12,282 |
| | Nepali Congress | Yaggya Jeet Shah | 7,957 |
| Result | Result | NSP gain | NSP gain |
| Source: ||||