Bara 4 (constituency)

Bara 4 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Bara District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.^[1]

Bara 4
Parliamentary constituency
Bara 4 in Province No. 2
Province	Province No. 2
District	Bara District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Member of Parliament	Krishna Kumar Shrestha
Madesh Provincial Assembly Member 4 क	Devnarayan Tharu
Madesh Provincial Assembly Member 4ख	Jitendra Prasad Sonar

Incorporated areas

Bara 4 incorporates Parwanipur Rural Municipality, Prasauni Rural Municipality, Bishrampur Rural Municipality, ward 17 of Kalaiya Sub-metropolitan City, wards 1–4 of Pheta Rural Municipality, and wards 1–10 and 19–24 of Jitpur Simara Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment

• Bara 4(A)
• Bara 4(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Salim Miya Ansari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	March 1998		CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Farmullah Mansoor	Nepali Congress
	2008	Jitendra Prasad Sonar	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party
	2013	Nazma Khatun	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Ekbal Miya	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
	April 2020		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
	August 2021		Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
	2022	Krishna Kumar Shrestha	CPN (Unified Socialist)

Provincial Assembly

4(A) Election Member Party 2017 Sundar Bahadur Bishwakarma CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) August 2021 CPN (Unified Socialist)

4(B) Election Member Party 2017 Jitendra Prasad Sonar Rastriya Janata Party Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal August 2021 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Krishna Kumar Shrestha	CPN (Unified Socialist)	30,341	43.80
	Ekbal Miya	CPN (UML)	20,336	29.36
	Ichchha Bahadur Wagle	Independent	5,542	8.00
	Pavan Chaudhary	Rastriya Swatantra Party	3,884	5.61
	Jalil Dewan	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3,205	4.63
	Hari Prasad Kurmi	Janamat Party	2,211	3.19
	Sunil Prasad Sah Kalwar	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	1,549	2.24
	Santosh Kumar Gupta	Hamro Nepali Party	1,042	1.50
	Others		1,156	1.67
Total			69,266	100.00
Majority			10,005
	CPN (Unified Socialist) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Ekbal Miya	22,275
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Dev Narayan Tharu	20,607
	Nepali Congress	Lal Babu Singh Bhuihar	14,516
	Others		2,735
Invalid votes			3,246
Result		RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

4(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Sundar Bahadur Bishwakarma 11,770 Nepali Congress Om Krishna Karki 8,323 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Ghanashyam Giri 7,386 Others 1,927 Invalid votes 1,224 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

4(B) Party Candidate Votes Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Jitendra Prasad Sonar 13,118 CPN (Maoist Centre) Umesh Kumar Kushwaha 5,692 Nepali Congress Bijay Prakash Sah Rauniyar 5,133 Independent Suresh Prasad 3,962 Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) Ananda Prakash Yadav 1,231 Others 1,774 Invalid votes 1,658 Result RJPN gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Nazma Khatun	12,361
	Nepali Congress	Sunil Kumar Gupta Kalwar	7,396
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Jitendra Prasad Sonar	6,199
	UCPN (Maoist)	Suresh Prasad	3,442
	Terai Madesh Sadbhavana Party Nepal	Jaya Prakash Yadav	2,131
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Brijlal Prasad Yadav	1,969
	Sadbhavana Party	Yogendra Prasad Dhanuk	1,396
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Chiranjibi Bhakta Paudel	1,112
	Others		4,450
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Jitendra Prasad Sonar	9,624
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mahmood Aalam	8,453
	Nepali Congress	Farmullah Mansoor	8,353
	CPN (Maoist)	Sonalal Sah Teli	5,179
	Rastriya Janata Dal	Yunush Ansari	3,000
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Mohammad Sani Thakurai	2,985
	Others		5,038
Invalid votes			3,329
Result		TMLP gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Farmullah Mansoor	24,409
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mahmood Aalam	16,927
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Salim Miya Ansari	8,269
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Brijlal Prasad Bhagat	7,211
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Bharat Prasad Kalwar	2,132
	Others		1,389
Invalid Votes			1,317
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Salim Miya Ansari	20,148
	Nepali Congress	Farmullah Mansoor	16,848
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Mohan Prasad Nepali	6,318
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Amrita Devi Agrahari	3,529
	Independent	Yogendra Dhanuk	1,668
	Others		1,806
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Salim Miya Ansari	20,547
	Nepali Congress	Farmullah Mansoor	16,036
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal