# Mahottari 2 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Mahottari 2 incorporates Mahottari Rural Municipality Loharpatti Municipality, Balwa Municipality, wards 1, 2 and 6–8 of Bhangaha Municipality, ward 6 of Pipra Rural Municipality and ward 6 of Ekdara Rural Municipality.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment
* Mahottari 2(A)
* Mahottari 2(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Hari Shankar Mishra | Nepali Congress |
| 1994 | Mahendra Raya | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
| March 1997 | Mahendra Raya | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) |
| 1999 | Ram Chandra Tiwari | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Hari Narayan Yadav | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal |
| 2013 | Kiran Yadav | Nepali Congress |
| 2017 | Sharat Singh Bhandari | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal |
| April 2020 | Sharat Singh Bhandari | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
| August 2021 | Sharat Singh Bhandari | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Sharat Singh Bhandari | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal | 25,190 | 45.66 |
| | Bijay Kumar Singh | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | 11,120 | 20.16 |
| | Ram Parichhan Yadav | CPN (UML) | 10,258 | 18.59 |
| | Umesh Kumar Yadav | Janamat Party | 5,971 | 10.82 |
| | Others | | 2,627 | 4.76 |
| Total | Total | Total | 55,166 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,070 | |
| | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal hold | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal hold | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal hold | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal hold |
| Source: |||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Sharat Singh Bhandari | 30,722 |
| | Nepali Congress | Kiran Yadav | 13,974 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Kaseem Nadaf | 3,732 |
| | Others | Others | 1,743 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,306 |
| Result | Result | RJPN gain | RJPN gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Kiran Yadav | 7,357 |
| | Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi Party | Jainul Rain | 5,521 |
| | Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party | Rupa Kumari Yadav | 4,048 |
| | Sadbhavana Party | Janai Sharan Sah | 3,934 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Manju Kumari Yadav | 2,514 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Hari Narayan Yadav | 2,391 |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Lal Babu Yadav | 2,379 |
| | Others | Others | 4,184 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Hari Narayan Yadav | 7,457 |
| | Independent | Jainul Rain | 5,674 |
| | Nepali Congress | Mahendra Yadav | 5,640 |
| | Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party | Arun Kumar Yadav | 4,955 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dr. Raj Kishore Shah | 4,540 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Ram Pukar Raya Yadav | 4,050 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Chandeshwar Prasad Yadav | 2,112 |
| | Others | | 3,728 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,406 |
| Result | Result | MJFN gain | MJFN gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Ram Chandra Tiwari | 17,705 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Dayal Mandal | 15,397 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Habib Rain | 5,101 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Mahendra Raya | 2,818 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Ismail Ansari | 2,356 |
| | Independent | Bikuntha Yadav | 2,191 |
| | Others | Others | 2,637 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 2,341 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Mahendra Raya | 19,181 |
| | Nepali Congress | Hari Shankar Mishra | 12,830 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Dayal Mandal | 6,639 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Ram Chabilal Raya | 2,837 |
| | Nepal Janabadi Morcha | Narayan Jha | 2,089 |
| | Others | Others | 549 |
| Result | Result | RPP gain | RPP gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Hari Shankar Mishra | 13,165 |
| | Independent | | 9,389 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||