Kapilvastu 2 (constituency)

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Kapilvastu 2
Parliamentary Constituency
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Kapilvastu 2 in Lumbini Province
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictKapilvastu District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyPeople's Progressive Party
Member of ParliamentBrijesh Kumar Gupta

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

Incorporated areas[]

Kapilvastu 2 incorporates Budhhabhumi Municipality, Yashodhara Rural Municipality, wards 1–4 and 8–11 of Maharajgunj Municipality, and wards 1–7 of Kapilvastu Municipality.

Assembly segments[]

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Kapilvastu 2(A)
  • Kapilvastu 2(B)

Members of Parliament[]

Parliament/Constituent Assembly[]

Election Member Party
1991 Deep Kumar Upadhyaya Nepali Congress
1994 Dipak Kumar Upadhyaya
1999 Brijesh Kumar Gupta Rastriya Prajatantra Party
2008 Dan Bahadur Kurmi Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party
December 2010[2] Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Nepal
2013 Atahar Kamal Musalman Independent
April 2016[3] Nepali Congress
2017 Brijesh Kumar Gupta CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
December 2021 People's Progressive Party

Provincial Assembly[]

Election results[]

Election in the 2010s[]

2017 legislative elections[]

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Brijesh Kumar Gupta 35,147
Nepali Congress Surendra Raj Acharya 31,566
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Shatrudhan Vilas Singh Kurmi 2,048
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Ram Newas Yadav 1,774
Others 1,379
Invalid votes 4,075
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections[]

2013 Constituent Assembly election[]

Party Candidate Votes
Independent Atahar Kamal Musalman 4,674
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Sahas Ram Yadav 3,693
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ajijur Rehman Shesh 3,320
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Rajesh Singh 2,888
Dalit Janajati Party Abdul Rashid Khan 2,770
UCPN (Maoist) Ram Laut Tiwari 2,750
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Madhusudan Sharan Chaudhary 2,612
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Dan Bahadur Kurmi 2,350
Nepali Congress Rajesh Acharya 2,134
Others 5,382
Result Independent gain
Source: NepalNews[4]

Election in the 2000s[]

2008 Constituent Assembly election[]

Party Candidate Votes
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Dan Bahadur Kurmi 8,434
CPN (Maoist) Ramlaut Tiwari 7,806
Nepali Congress Atahar Kamal Musalman 6,180
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Shatrudhan Bilas Singh Kurmi 4,605
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Sahas Ram Yadav 2,254
Sadbhavana Party Nisar Ahmed Khan 1,732
Independent Shyam Dev Nau 1,445
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Hari Ram Kurmi 1,045
Others 2,612
Invalid votes 2,972
Result TMLP gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

Election in the 1990s[]

1999 legislative elections[]

Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Brijesh Kumar Gupta 24,699
Nepali Congress Deep Kumar Upadhyaya 18,585
Rastriya Janamorcha Durga Paudel 5,115
Others 1,926
Invalid votes 906
Result RPP gain
Source: Election Commission[6][7]

1994 legislative elections[]

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dipak Kumar Upadhyaya 18,878
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bhagwan Das Gupta 17,401
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rukmini Kunwar 3,328
Others 1,168
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[6]

1991 legislative elections[]

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Deep Kumar Upadhyaya 19,586
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) 12,382
Result Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party suffers split". 2012-04-05. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  3. ^ "Deuba, Paudel in fray for Congress PP leader". The Himalayan Times. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  4. ^ "Nepalnews.com – News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  5. ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  7. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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