# Banke 2 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Banke 2 incorporates Duduwa Rral Municipality, and wards 1–15 and 18–22 of Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
* Banke 2(A)
* Banke 2(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Sushil Koirala | Nepali Congress |
| 1994 | Shanti SJB Rana | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
| 1999 | Sushil Koirala | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Mohammad Estiyak Rai | Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal |
| 2013 | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2017 | Mohammad Estiyak Rai | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal |
| May 2019 | Mohammad Estiyak Rai | Samajbadi Party, Nepal |
| April 2020 | Mohammad Estiyak Rai | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
| 2022 | Dhawal Shamsher Rana | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Dhawal Shamsher Rana | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 29,577 | 47.25 |
| | Mohammad Estiyak Rai | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 23,520 | 37.57 |
| | Sudip Narsingh Rana | Nepali Congress | 4,403 | 7.03 |
| | Binod Kumar Agrahari | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 1,333 | 2.13 |
| | Irfan Ahmed Sheikh | Independent | 1,289 | 2.06 |
| | Others | | 2,479 | 3.96 |
| Total | Total | Total | 62,601 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,057 | |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party gain | Rastriya Prajatantra Party gain | Rastriya Prajatantra Party gain | Rastriya Prajatantra Party gain |
| Source: |||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Mohammad Estiyak Rai | 21,575 |
| | People's Progressive Party | Pashupati Dayal Mishra | 15,951 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Om Prakash Azad | 11,622 |
| | Rastriya Janta Party Nepal | Bijay Kumar Gupta | 1,497 |
| | Others | Others | 3,628 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,828 |
| Result | Result | FSFN gain | FSFN gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | 12,586 |
| | Nepali Congress | Raj Kumar Kurmi | 7,916 |
| | Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Mohammad Estiyak Rai | 7,844 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Parmananda Verma Kurmi | 1,746 |
| | Independent | Kalim Ahmed Ansari | 1,277 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Dipendra Bahadur Singh | 1,196 |
| | Others | Others | 4,143 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Mohammad Estiyak Rai | 19,396 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | 4,565 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Atahar Hussein Farooqi | 4,091 |
| | Nepali Congress | Kailash Nath Kashaudhan | 3,568 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Pashupati Dayal Mishra | 3,065 |
| | Others | | 4,240 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,646 |
| Result | Result | Forum Nepal gain | Forum Nepal gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Sushil Koirala | 15,256 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Rizwan Ahmed Sah | 6,185 |
| | Independent | Pashupati Dayal Mishra | 5,218 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Badri Prasad Koirala | 4,408 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Shanti SJB Rana | 3,975 |
| | Others | Others | 1,489 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,030 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Shanti SJB Rana | 15,711 |
| | Nepali Congress | Sushil Koirala | 10,222 |
| | Independent | Yuvaraj Sharma | 2,887 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Syed Makbul Sah | 2,643 |
| | Independent | Dhawal SJB Rana | 1,394 |
| | Others | Others | 985 |
| Result | Result | RPP gain | RPP gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Sushil Koirala | 14,409 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | | 5,926 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||