Morang 5
Parliamentary constituency
Morang 5 in Province No. 1
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictMorang District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentYogendra Mandal (Independent)
Member of the Provincial AssemblyGyanesdwar Rajbanshi, CPN (UML)
Member of the Provincial AssemblyJay Ram Yadav, PSP-N

Morang 5 is one of six parliamentary constituencies of Morang District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

Incorporated areas

Morang 5 incorporates Dhanpalthan Rural Municipality, Jahada Rural Municipality, wards 4–7 of Rangeli Municipality and wards 13–18 of Biratnagar Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Morang 5(A)
  • Morang 5(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Shailaja Acharya Nepali Congress
1994 Kamal Prasad Koirala CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Mahesh Acharya Nepali Congress
2008 Upendra Yadav Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal
2009 by-election Jay Ram Yadav
2013 Amrit Kumar Aryal Nepali Congress
2017 Shiva Kumar Mandal CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022 Yogendra Mandal Independent

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Yogendra MandalIndependent21,82032.38
Shiva Kumar MandalCPN (Maoist Centre)17,48625.95
Raj Kumar YadavPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal17,39025.81
Rewat Bahadur ThapaRastriya Prajatantra Party2,4793.68
Parmeshwar MurmuJanamat Party2,3953.55
Pramod Kumar MandalRastriya Swatantra Party2,2823.39
Mohammad Reza HusseinIndependent1,9002.82
Others1,6282.42
Total67,380100.00
Majority4,334
Independent gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Shiva Kumar Mandal 22,945
Nepali Congress Amrit Kumar Aryal 19,153
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Raj Kumar Yadav 18,649
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Badri Prasad Mandal 1,895
Others 1,287
Invalid votes 4,363
Result Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Amrit Kumar Aryal 15,254
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Upendra Yadav 12,566
UCPN (Maoist) Baleshwar Kamat 3,780
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Lal Sah 2,563
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Basanta Lal Rajbanshi 1,114
Sadbhavana Party Badri Pasad Mandal 1,112
Others 4,820
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2009 by-elections

CandidatePartyVotes%
Jay Ram YadavMadheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal13,81135.68
Shiva Kumar MandalUCPN (Maoist)9,10123.51
Jagannath SinghNepali Congress5,54414.32
Jeevan GhimireCPN (UML)3,5869.26
Umesh GiriTerai Madhesh Loktantrik Party2,8017.24
Others3,8659.99
Total38,708100.00
Valid votes38,70899.34
Invalid/blank votes2560.66
Total votes38,964100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,39757.81
Majority4,710
Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal hold
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Upendra Yadav 27,508
Nepali Congress Amrit Kumar Aryal 10,324
CPN (Maoist) Rajendra Prasad Gupta 3,616
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Mina Devi Yadav 2,224
Others 2,387
Invalid votes 2,026
Result MJFN gain
Source: Election Commission[6]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Mahesh Acharya 19,119
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Subodh Raj Pyakurel 15,450
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Surendra Bahadur Basnet 9,329
Independent Satya Narayan Chaudhary 1,941
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Anirudh Prasad Bishwas 1,465
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Paladh Prasad Shah 1,131
Others 1,857
Invalid Votes 1,444
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[7][8]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kamal Prasad Koirala 14,106
Nepali Congress Shyam Lal Tabdar 10,357
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Krishna Bahadur Bhattarai 4,013
Others 6,697
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[7]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Shailaja Acharya 19,769
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kamal Prasad Koirala 10,537
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ↑ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  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. ↑ "उपनिर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरु संविधान सभा सदस्यमा निर्वाचित भएको नामावली". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  5. ↑ Constituent Assembly By-election-2009 Observation Report (in Nepali). National Election Observation Committee (Nepal). 2009.
  6. ↑ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  7. 1 2 "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  8. ↑ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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