Surkhet 2
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Surkhet 2 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Surkhet 2(A) (red) and Surkhet 2(B) (blue) within Surkhet District
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictSurkhet District
Electorate102,940
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of members3
Member of
Parliament		Hridaya Ram Thani,
Congress
Karnali
MPA 2(A)		Yam Lal Kandel,
UML
Karnali
MPA 2(B)		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.[1]

Incorporated areas

Surkhet 2 incorporates Chaukune Rural Municipality, Panchpuri Municipality, Barahtal Rural Municipality and wards 1–14 of Birendranagar Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Surkhet 2(A)
  • Surkhet 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Shiva Raj Joshi Nepali Congress
1994 Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML)
March 1998 CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress
2008 Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML)
2013 Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress
2017 Nawaraj Rawat CPN (UML)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (UML)
2022 Hridaya Ram Thani Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hridaya Ram ThaniNepali Congress34,62547.81
Amrit Bahadur Budha ChhetriCPN (UML)29,55840.81
Tek Bahadur ChunaraRastriya Swatantra Party4,6016.35
Bhim Bahadur ShahiRastriya Prajatantra Party2,6323.63
Others1,0101.39
Total72,426100.00
Majority5,067
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

Election in the 2010s

2017 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Nawaraj RawatCPN (UML)37,44754.28
Hridaya Ram ThaniNepali Congress28,64641.52
Others2,8974.20
Total68,990100.00
Valid votes68,99096.43
Invalid/blank votes2,5573.57
Total votes71,547100.00
Registered voters/turnout102,94069.50
Majority8,801
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

2017 provincial election

2013 Constituent Assembly election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hridaya Ram ThaniNepali Congress17,41939.06
Yam Lal KandelCPN (UML)9,11820.45
Bhim Bahadur MallaUCPN (Maoist)7,79717.49
Shiva Prasad UpadhyayaIndependent4,56510.24
Mukunda Shyam GiriRastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal3,1677.10
Others2,5265.66
Total44,592100.00
Valid votes44,59295.89
Invalid/blank votes1,9124.11
Total votes46,504100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,90178.95
Majority8,301
Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6][7]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Yam Lal KandelCPN (UML)16,29733.93
Hridaya Ram ThaniNepali Congress14,69330.59
Sita Kumari NepaliCPN (Maoist)14,44130.06
Others2,6045.42
Total48,035100.00
Valid votes48,03596.67
Invalid/blank votes1,6543.33
Total votes49,689100.00
Registered voters/turnout76,74664.74
Majority1,604
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[8]

Election in the 1990s

1999 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hridaya Ram ThaniNepali Congress16,87045.80
Shiva Raj UpadhyayaCPN (UML)15,79142.87
Yam Lal KandelCPN (Marxist–Leninist)1,9365.26
Others2,2346.07
Total36,831100.00
Valid votes36,83197.43
Invalid/blank votes9722.57
Total votes37,803100.00
Registered voters/turnout51,60473.26
Majority899
Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[9][10]

1994 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Yam Lal KandelCPN (UML)12,84844.96
Hridaya Ram ThaniNepali Congress11,55640.44
Om Bahadur G.C.Rastriya Prajatantra Party4,17214.60
Total28,576100.00
Majority1,292
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[9][11]

1991 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Shiv Raj JoshiNepali Congress16,21460.44
-CPN (UML)10,61139.56
Total26,825100.00
Majority5,603
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. 1 2 3 "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  3. ↑ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" [Report of the 2017 House of Representatives member election] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali).
  4. 1 2 "प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन, २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" [Report of the 2017 Provincial Assembly member election] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali).
  5. ↑ "Download FPTP Results(XML)". Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचनमा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार सदर मत र बदर मत" [Valid and Invalid votes for First Past the Post voting by Constituency]. Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या" [Electorate by constituency] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Constituent Assembly Election 2064 List of Winning Candidates". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates (Comparative)". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Election Results' 99". Nepal Research. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Auswertung der Wahlergebnisse vom 15. November 1994" [Evaluation of the results of the 15 November 1994 election] (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Election 1991 Constituency Results" (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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