Rupandehi 5 (constituency)

{{short description|Parliamentary constituency in Lumbini Province, Nepal}}

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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.{{Cite news|title=CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies|language=en|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-08-31/cdc-submits-its-report-with-165-electoral-constituencies.html|access-date=2018-04-25}}

Incorporated areas

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Rupandehi 5(A)
  • Rupandehi 5(B)

Members of Parliament

= [[Federal Parliament of Nepal|Parliament/Constituent Assembly]] =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

style="background-color:yellowgreen" |

|1991

|Shyam Sundar Gupta

|Nepal Sadbhawana Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Rastriya Prajatantra Party}}" |

|1994

|Sarvendra Nath Shukla

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

style="background-color:yellowgreen" |

|1999

|Yaggya Jeet Shah

|Nepal Sadbhawana Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|2008

|Ram Nath Dhakal

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|2013

|Bharat Kumar Shah

|Nepali Congress

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|2022

|Basudev Ghimire

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

= [[Provincial Assembly (Nepal)|Provincial Assembly]] =

{{col-begin}}

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== 5(A) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |

|2017

| rowspan="2" |Bhumeshwar Dhakal

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

{{col-2}}

== 5(B) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|2017

|Fakharuddin Khan

|Nepali Congress

{{col-end}}

Election results

= Election in the 2020s =

== 2022 general election ==

{{Election results|cand1=Basudev Ghimire|party1=CPN (UML)|votes1=36822|cand2=Bharat Kumar Shah|party2=Nepali Congress|votes2=27120|cand3=Chandrashekhar Sonar|party3=Janamat Party|votes3=8390|cand4=Bhishma Kumar Rana|party4=Hamro Nepali Party|votes4=5876|cand5=Others|votes5=2296|invalid=|electorate=|result=CPN (UML) gain|majority=9702|source={{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral2079.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}}}

= Election in the 2010s =

== [[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 legislative elections]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Bharat Kumar Shah

|33,088

style="background-color:darkred" |

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

|Dila Ram Acharya

|20,438

style="background-color:pink" |

|Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal

|Mohammad Wakil Musalman

|14,121

style="background-color:indianred" |

|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|Krishna Upadhyaya

|1,879

style="background-color:dodgerblue" |

|Rastriya Janamukti Party

|Bhaira Bahadur Thapa Magar

|1,657

style="background-color:#ffb300" |

|Rastriya Janata Party Nepal

|Rajendra Gupta

|1,337

| colspan="2" |Others

|1,739

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|5,237

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress hold

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

== [[2017 Nepalese provincial elections]] ==

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=== 5(A) ===

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Bhumeshwar Dhakal

|22,025

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Bishnu Prasad Pokharel

|15,416

style="background-color:pink" |

|Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal

|Sushila Tharu

|3,804

style="background-color:dodgerblue" |

|Rastriya Janamukti Party

|Durga Rajakoti

|1,604

| colspan="2" |Others

|1,305

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|1,761

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

{{col-2}}

=== 5(B) ===

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Fakharuddin Khan

|16,683

style="background-color:pink" |

|Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal

|Ramauti Yadav

|9,250

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Hajrat Bilal Fakir

|1,673

style="background-color:#ffb300" |

|Rastriya Janata Party Nepal

|Aliullah Muslaman

|1,386

| colspan="2" |Others

|2,108

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|2,508

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress gain

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

{{col-end}}

== [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 Constituent Assembly election]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Bharat Kumar Shah

|14,274

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Ram Nath Dhakal

|13,766

style="background-color:darkred" |

|UCPN (Maoist)

|Dadhiram Neupane

|4,622

style="background-color:dodgerblue" |

|Rastriya Janamukti Party

|Bam Bahadur Darlami Magar

|2,393

style="background-color:darkorange" |

|Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)

|Mohan Lal Yadav

|2,271

| colspan="2" |Others

|3,382

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress gain

colspan="4" |Source: NepalNews{{Cite web|date=2015-03-25|title=Nepalnews.com – News from Nepal as it happens|url=http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|archive-date=2015-03-25}}

= Election in the 2000s =

== [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008 Constituent Assembly election]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Ram Nath Dhakal

|11,080

style="background-color:darkred" |

|CPN (Maoist)

|Basanta Kumar Shrestha

|10,785

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Bharat Kumar Shah

|8,920

style="background-color:orangered" |

|Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal

|Mohan Lal Yadav

|4,443

style="background-color:greenyellow" |

|Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi)

|Rangi Lal Lodh

|2,610

style="background-color:dodgerblue" |

|Rastriya Janamukti Party

|Bhaira Bahadur Thapa

|2,571

style="background-color:seagreen" |

|Sadbhawana Party

|Gajendra Gupta

|1,356

|Others

|

|2,885

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|2,144

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03}}

= Election in the 1990s =

== [[1999 Nepalese legislative election|1999 legislative elections]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:yellowgreen" |

|Nepal Sadbhawana Party

|Yaggya Jeet Shah

|19,203

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Sarvendra Nath Shukla

|14,476

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Vashistha Mani Tripathi

|9,016

| colspan="2" |Others

|1,598

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|1,151

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |NSP gain

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24}}{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}

== [[1994 Nepalese legislative election|1994 legislative elections]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Sarvendra Nath Shukla

|13,919

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Yaggya Jeet Shah

|11,712

style="background-color:yellowgreen" |

|Nepal Sadbhawana Party

|Shyam Sundar Gupta

|6,694

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Shaligram Upadhyaya

|3,699

| colspan="2" |Others

|1,752

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |RPP gain

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission

== [[1991 Nepalese legislative election|1991 legislative elections]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:yellowgreen" |

|Nepal Sadbhawana Party

|Shyam Sundar Gupta

|12,282

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Yaggya Jeet Shah

|7,957

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |NSP gain

colspan="4" |Source: [http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf]

See also

References

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