Jhapa 2 (constituency)

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

 Incorporated areas 
Jhapa 2 incorporates Arjundhara Municipality, wards 1–9 of Birtamod Municipality, wards 8 and 9 of Kankai Municipality and wards 1-2–3 of Buddhashanti Rural Municipality.

 Assembly segments 
It encompasses the following Koshi Provincial Assembly  segment

 Jhapa 2(A)
 Jhapa 2(B)

 Members of Parliament 

 Parliament/Constituent Assembly 
ElectionMemberParty1991Devi Prasad OjhaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)1994Chandra Prakash MainaliMarch 1998CPN (Marxist–Leninist)1999K.P. Sharma OliCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2008Gauri Shankar KhadkaCPN (Maoist)January 2009UCPN (Maoist)2013Sudhir Kumar SiwakotiNepali Congress2017Pabitra Niraula KharelCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2022Dev Raj Ghimire

 Provincial Assembly 

 2(A) 
ElectionMemberParty2017Ek Raj KarkiCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

 2(B) 
ElectionMemberParty2017Brikha Bahadur PradhanCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

 Election results 

 Election in the 2020s 

 2022 general election 

 2022 provincial election 

2(A)

2(B)

 Election in the 2010s 

 2017 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Pabitra Niraula Kharel45,817Nepali CongressUdhhav Thapa32,050Bibeksheel Sajha PartyNabin Bastola1,105Others2,985Invalid votes3,699ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

 2017 Nepalese provincial elections 

 2(A) 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ek Raj Karki21,284Nepali CongressLaxman Khadka12,722Others2,003Invalid votes1,318ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

 2(B) 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Brikha Bahadur Pradhan25,461Nepali CongressKhang Prasad Prasai18,240Others2,933Invalid votes1,601ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

 2013 Constituent Assembly election 
PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressSudhir Kumar Siwakoti13,554CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Pabitra Niraula Kharel12,825UCPN (Maoist)Purna Prasad Rajbanshi10,108Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalBhakti Prasad Situala6,710Federal Socialist Party, NepalBhupal Bahadur Rai1,012Others2,605ResultCongress gainSource: NepalNews

 Election in the 2000s 

 2008 Constituent Assembly election 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Gauri Shankar Khadka18,580Nepali CongressSudhir Kumar Siwakoti13,843CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Menuka Pokharel Kafle9,168CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Bhaskar Kafle2,716Others4,069Invalid votes2,978ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission

 Election in the 1990s 

 1999 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)K.P. Sharma Oli18,909Nepali CongressGiriraj Kumari Prasai18,892CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Chandra Prakash Mainali10,199Rastriya Janamukti PartySanjuhang Palungwa Limbu2,727Rastriya Prajatantra PartyHari Nath Bastola1,143Others1,174Invalid Votes2,001ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission

 1994 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Chandra Prakash Mainali18,863Nepali CongressRam Babu Prasai12,456Rastriya Prajatantra PartyJay Narayan Dhungana6,247Rastriya Janamukti PartyBal Bahadur Idnam2,072Nepal Sadbhawana PartyKameshwar Dutta1,087Others529ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission

 1991 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Devi Prasad Ojha20,646Nepali CongressC.K. Prasai12,382ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: 

 Related pages 
 List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

 References 

 Other websites 
 Constituency map of Jhapa

Category:Parliamentary constituencies of Nepal