Dhading 2 (constituency)

Dhading 2
Dhading 2
Parliamentary constituency
	Dhading 2 in Bagmati Province
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Dhading District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member(s)	Ram Nath Adhikari

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

Incorporated areas

Dhading 2 parliamentary constituency incorporates Rubi Valley Rural Municipality, Khaniyabash Rural Municipality, Gangajamuna Rural Municipality, Tripura Sundari Rural Municipality, Netrawati Rural Municipality, Nilkantha Municipality and Jwalamukhi Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

Dhading 2(A)
Dhading 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

	Member	Party
1991	Ganga Lal Tuladhar	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999	Ram Nath Adhikari	Nepali Congress
2008	Kalpana Dhamala	CPN (Maoist)
January 2009	Kalpana Dhamala	UCPN (Maoist)
2013	Guru Prasad Burlakoti	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017	Khem Prasad Lohani	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022	Ram Nath Adhikari	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

2(A)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Ram Kumar Adhikari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018	Ram Kumar Adhikari	Nepal Communist Party

2(B)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Jagat Bahadur Simkhada	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018	Jagat Bahadur Simkhada	Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ramnath Adhikari	Nepali Congress	34,736	52.34
	Khem Prasad Lohani	CPN (UML)	24,190	36.45
	Basumaya Tamang	Rastriya Swatantra Party	5,569	8.39
	Dhanmaya Tamang	Mongol National Organisation	1,111	1.67
	Others		763	1.15
Total			66,369	100.00

Majority			10,546
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: ^[2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Khem Prasad Lohani	36,256
	Nepali Congress	Dil Man Pakhrin	35,616
	Others		1,371
Invalid votes			3,602
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Dhading 2(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Kumar Adhikari	20,368
	Nepali Congress	Ramesh Prasad Dhamala	19,018
	Others		537
Invalid votes			1,285
Result		CPN UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Dhading 2(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Jagat Bahadur Simkhada	17,605
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Dambar Tamang	15,774
	Others		1,038
Invalid votes			1,159
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Guru Prasad Burlakoti	20,236
	Nepali Congress	Ram Nath Adhikari	18,136
	UCPN (Maoist)	Kalpana Dhamala	9,179
	Others		1,928
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews^[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Kalpana Dhamala	20,730
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ganga Lal Tuladhar	19,645
	Nepali Congress	Ram Nath Adhikari	18,407
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Hari Prasad Acharya	1,633
	Others		1,891
Invalid votes			2,974
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission^[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ram Nath Adhikari	26,053
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ganga Lal Tuladhar	25,489
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Jyan Bahadur Thakuri	1,385
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bharat Raj Adhikari	1,084
	Others		215
Invalid votes			1,541
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission^[5]^[6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ganga Lal Tuladhar	19,380
	Nepali Congress	Hari Adhikari	15,684
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Gyanu Prasad Rimal	5,870
	Others		824
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission^[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ganga Lal Tuladhar	18,911
	Nepali Congress	Chij Kumar Shrestha	15,654
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: [1]

References

^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
^ ^a ^b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

Constituency map of Dhading

[1] "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2022el-2] "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.

[:0-3] "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.

[archive-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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