Dailekh 2 (constituency)

Dailekh 2 is one of two parliamentary constituencies of Dailekh District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

Dailekh 2
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Dailekh 2 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Dailekh 2(A) (red) and Surkhet 2(B) (blue) within Dailekh District
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictDailekh District
Electorate69,745
Current constituency
Created1991
MPRaj Bahadur Budha (NCP)
Karnali MPA 2(A)Sushil Kumar Thapa (NCP)
Karnali MPA 2(B)Raj Bahadur Shahi (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Dailekh 2 incorporates Dullu Municipality, Bhairabi Rural Municipality, Chamunda Bindrasaini Municipality, Thantikandh Rural Municipality and Aathabis Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Dailekh 2(A)
  • Dailekh 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Rang Bahadur Shahi Nepali Congress
1994 Binod Kumar Shah Nepal Workers Peasants Party
1995[2] CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Shiva Raj Joshi Nepali Congress
2008 Raj Bahadur Budha Chhetri CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2013 Laxmi Prasad Pokharel
2017 Raj Bahadur Budha Chhetri
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Raj Bahadur Budha Chhetri 23,323
Nepali Congress Shiva Raj Joshi 16,634
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Jagya Bahadur Shahi 2,347
Others 1,455
Invalid votes 2,738
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Laxmi Prasad Pokharel 15,619
Nepali Congress Him Bahadur Shahi 13,096
UCPN (Maoist) Thir Bahadur karki 7,347
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Jagya Bahadur Shahi 3,511
Others 1,935
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Raj Bahadur Budha Chhetri 16,292
Nepali Congress Him Bahadur Shahi 13,877
CPN (Maoist) Thir Bahadur karki 11,271
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Tarka Bahadur Baduwal 6,276
Others 2,091
Invalid votes 3,240
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Shiva Raj Joshi 18,882
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Binod Kumar Shah 14,448
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Harka Bahadur Shahi 3,962
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Laxmi Prasad Pokharel 2,712
Others 1,057
Invalid votes 1,429
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Binod Kumar Shah 13,640
Nepali Congress Ram Bahadur Shahi 6,725
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Brish Bahadur Shahi 5,017
Independent Chakra Nath Yogi 3,019
Others 1,522
Result NWPP gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Rang Bahadur Shahi 16,182
Nepal Workers Peasants Party 11,848
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

References
  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "New cabinet appointments- Nepali Times". archive.nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  3. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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