Surkhet 2 (constituency)

{{short description|Parliamentary constituency in Nepal}}

{{Infobox constituency

|name=Surkhet 2

|type=Parliamentary

|parl_name=House of Representatives

|map_size=300

|map_year=2017

|image=Surkhet2PratinidhiSabha.svg

|image2=Surkhet2PradeshSabha.png

|caption=Surkhet 2 in Karnali Province

|caption2=Assembly segments Surkhet 2(A) (red) and Surkhet 2(B) (blue) within Surkhet District

|district_label=Province

|district=Karnali Province

|region_label=District

|region=Surkhet District

|population=

|electorate=102,940

|towns=

|year=1991

|elects_howmany=3

|members_label=Member of
Parliament

|members={{nowrap|Hridaya Ram Thani,
Congress}}

|blank1_name=Karnali
MPA
2(A)

|blank1_info={{nowrap|Yam Lal Kandel,
UML}}

|blank2_name=Karnali
MPA
2(B)

|blank2_info={{nowrap|Binda Man Bista,
Maoist Centre}}

}}

Surkhet 2 is one of two parliamentary constituencies of Surkhet 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 Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Surkhet 2(A)
  • Surkhet 2(B)

Members of Parliament

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

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

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

|1991

|Shiva Raj Joshi

|Nepali Congress

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

|1994

| rowspan="2" |Yam Lal Kandel

|CPN (UML)

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)}}" |

|March 1998

|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

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

|1999

|Hridaya Ram Thani

|Nepali Congress

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

|2008

|Yam Lal Kandel

|CPN (UML)

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

|2013

|Hridaya Ram Thani

|Nepali Congress

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

|2017

| rowspan="3" |Nawaraj Rawat

|CPN (UML)

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

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

|March 2021

|CPN (UML)

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

|2022

|Hridaya Ram Thani

|Nepali Congress

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

{{Col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

== 2(A) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

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

|2017

|rowspan="3"|Yam Lal Kandel

|CPN (UML)

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}"|

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

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

|March 2021

|CPN (UML)

{{Col-2}}

== 2(B) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}"|

|2017

|rowspan="3"|Binda Man Bista

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}"|

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}"|

|March 2021

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

{{Col-end}}

Election results

= Election in the 2020s =

== [[2022 Nepalese general election|2022 general election]] ==

{{Election results

|cand1=Hridaya Ram Thani

|party1=Nepali Congress

|votes1=34625

|cand2=Amrit Bahadur Budha Chhetri

|party2=CPN (UML)

|votes2=29558

|cand3=Tek Bahadur Chunara

|party3=Rastriya Swatantra Party

|votes3=4601

|cand4=Bhim Bahadur Shahi

|party4=Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|votes4=2632

|cand5=Others

|votes5=1010

|invalid=

|electorate=

|result=Nepali Congress gain

|majority=5067

|source={{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral2079.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}}}

==[[2022 Nepalese provincial elections|2022 provincial election]] ==

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

===2(A)===

{{Election results

|cand1=Yam Lal Kandel

|party1=CPN (UML)

|votes1=18561

|cand2=Kali Prasad Shakya

|party2=Nepali Congress

|votes2=18400

|cand3=Surya Bahadur Khatri

|party3=Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|votes3=3685

|cand4=Shiva Prasad Upadhyaya

|party4=CPN (Unified Socialist)

|votes4=1274

|cand5=Others

|votes5=768

|invalid=

|electorate=

|result=CPN (UML) hold

|majority=161

|source=

}}

{{col-2}}

===2(B)===

{{Election results

|cand1=Binda Man Bista

|party1=CPN (Maoist Centre)

|votes1=13909

|cand2=Tara Keshar Gautam

|party2=CPN (UML)

|votes2=9330

|cand3=Mohan Singh Baduwal

|party3=CPN (Unified Socialist)

|votes3=6209

|cand4=Karna Bahadur Regmi Magar

|party4=Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|votes4=792

|cand5=Others

|votes5=94

|invalid=

|electorate=

|result=CPN (Maoist Centre) hold

|majority=4579

|source=

}}

{{col-end}}

= Election in the 2010s =

== [[2017 Nepalese general election|2017 general election]] ==

{{Election results

|party1=CPN (UML)

|cand1=Nawaraj Rawat

|votes1=37447

|party2=Nepali Congress

|cand2=Hridaya Ram Thani

|votes2=28646

|cand3=Others

|votes3=2897

|invalid=2557

|majority=8801

|electorate=102940

|result=CPN (UML) gain

|source=Election Commission{{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक |trans-title=Report of the 2017 House of Representatives member election |url=https://www.election.gov.np/ecn/uploads/userfiles/ElectionResultBook/HoR2074.pdf |website=Election Commission of Nepal |language=ne}}

}}

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

{{Col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

===2(A) ===

{{Election results

|party1=CPN (UML)

|cand1=Yam Lal Kandel

|votes1=21282

|party2=Nepali Congress

|cand2=Kamal Raj Regmi

|votes2=15947

|cand3=Others

|votes3=2272

|invalid=1409

|majority=5335

|electorate=56267

|result=CPN (UML) gain

|source=Election Commission{{Cite web |title=प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन, २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक |trans-title=Report of the 2017 Provincial Assembly member election |url=https://www.election.gov.np/ecn/uploads/userfiles/ElectionResultBook/PA2074.pdf |lang=ne |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}

}}

{{Col-2}}

===2(B) ===

{{Election results

|party1= CPN (Maoist Centre)

|cand1=Binda Man Bista

|votes1=15648

|party2=Nepali Congress

|cand2=Tapta Bahadur Bista

|votes2=12477

|cand3=Others

|votes3=1475

|invalid=1090

|majority=3171

|electorate=46673

|result= CPN (Maoist Centre) gain

|source=Election Commission

}}

{{Col-end}}

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

{{Election results

|party1=Nepali Congress

|cand1=Hridaya Ram Thani

|votes1=17419

|party2=CPN (UML)

|cand2=Yam Lal Kandel

|votes2=9118

|party3=UCPN (Maoist)

|cand3=Bhim Bahadur Malla

|votes3=7797

|party4=Independent

|cand4=Shiva Prasad Upadhyaya

|votes4=4565

|party5=Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

|cand5=Mukunda Shyam Giri

|votes5=3167

|cand6=Others

|votes6=2526

|invalid=1912

|electorate=58901

|majority=8301

|result=Nepali Congress gain

|source=Election Commission{{Cite web |date= |title=Download FPTP Results(XML) |url=http://election.gov.np/CA2070/CAResults/FPTP/XML/FPTP.xml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520232602/http://election.gov.np/CA2070/CAResults/FPTP/XML/FPTP.xml |archive-date=20 May 2017 |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=Election Commission of Nepal |language=ne}}{{Cite web |title=पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचनमा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार सदर मत र बदर मत |trans-title=Valid and Invalid votes for First Past the Post voting by Constituency |url=http://election.gov.np/CA2070/CAResults/reportBody.php?selectedMenu=6&rand=1388574371 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140416142021/http://election.gov.np/CA2070/CAResults/reportBody.php?selectedMenu=6&rand=1388574371 |archive-date=16 April 2014 |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=Election Commission of Nepal |language=ne}}{{Cite web |date= |title=निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या |trans-title=Electorate by constituency |url=http://www.election.gov.np/election/uploads/files/pages/pdf_cons_wise1.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401031644/http://www.election.gov.np/election/uploads/files/pages/pdf_cons_wise1.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2014 |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=Election Commission of Nepal |language=ne}}

}}

= Election in the 2000s =

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

{{Election results

|party1=CPN (UML)

|cand1=Yam Lal Kandel

|votes1=16297

|party2=Nepali Congress

|cand2=Hridaya Ram Thani

|votes2=14693

|party3=CPN (Maoist)

|cand3=Sita Kumari Nepali

|votes3=14441

|cand4=Others

|votes4=2604

|invalid=1654

|majority=1604

|electorate=76746

|result=CPN (UML) gain

|source=Election Commission{{Cite web |date= |title=Constituent Assembly Election 2064 List of Winning Candidates |url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php |archive-date=3 October 2009 |access-date=15 November 2020 |website=Election Commission of Nepal |language=en}}

}}

= Election in the 1990s =

== [[1999 Nepalese general election|1999 general election]] ==

{{Election results

|party1=Nepali Congress

|cand1=Hridaya Ram Thani

|votes1=16870

|party2=CPN (UML)

|cand2=Shiva Raj Upadhyaya

|votes2=15791

|party3=CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|cand3=Yam Lal Kandel

|votes3=1936

|color3={{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)}}

|cand4=Others

|votes4=2234

|invalid=972

|majority=899

|electorate=51604

|result=Nepali Congress gain

|source=Election Commission{{Cite web |date= |title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates (Comparative) |url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php |archive-date=24 January 2008 |access-date=15 November 2020 |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}{{Cite web |title=Election Results' 99 |url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm |access-date=15 November 2020 |website=Nepal Research}}

}}

== [[1994 Nepalese general election|1994 general election]] ==

{{Election results

|party1=CPN (UML)

|cand1=Yam Lal Kandel

|votes1=12848

|party2=Nepali Congress

|cand2=Hridaya Ram Thani

|votes2=11556

|party3=Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|cand3=Om Bahadur G.C.

|votes3=4172

|majority=1292

|result=CPN (UML) gain

|source=Election Commission{{Cite web |title=Auswertung der Wahlergebnisse vom 15. November 1994 |trans-title=Evaluation of the results of the 15 November 1994 election |url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1994_constituency_results_english.pdf |access-date=18 December 2022 |website=Nepal Research |language=de}}

}}

== [[1991 Nepalese general election|1991 general election]] ==

{{Election results

|party1=Nepali Congress

|cand1=Shiv Raj Joshi

|votes1=16214

|party2=CPN (UML)

|cand2=-

|votes2=10611

|majority=5603

|result=Nepali Congress gain

|source={{Cite web |title=Election 1991 Constituency Results |url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf |access-date=18 December 2022 |website=Nepal Research |language=de}}

}}

See also

References

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