Bardiya 2 (constituency)

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

Bardiya 2
Parliamentary constituency
Bardiya 2 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Bardiya District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Sant Kumar Tharu

Incorporated areas

Bardiya 2 incorporates Geruwa Rural Municipality, Rajapur Municipality, Thakurbaba Municipality, Madhuwan Municipality and, wards 1–3 of Barbardiya Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Bardiya 2(A)
• Bardiya 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Khag Raj Sharma	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Shyam Prasad Dhakal
	1999	Mangal Prasad Tharu	Nepali Congress
	2008	Bishnu Prasad Chaudhary	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Sanjay Kumar Gautam	Nepali Congress
	2017	Sant Kumar Tharu	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	2022	Lalbir Chaudhary	Independent

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Kul Prasad Pokharel CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Dipesh Tharu CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lalbir Chaudhary	Independent	26,520	30.55
	Suresh Pantha	CPN (Maoist Centre)	26,384	30.39
	Pankaj Singh Rathore	CPN (UML)	16,090	18.53
	Binay Rawal	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	13,292	15.31
	Om Prakash Basaula	Rastriya Swatantra Party	3,891	4.48
	Others		635	0.73
Total			86,812	100.00
Majority			136
	Independent gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Sant Kumar Tharu	50,555
	Nepali Congress	Gopal Dahit	36,735
	Others		1,310
Invalid votes			2,689
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kul Prasad Pokharel 28,323 Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Thapa 17,402 Others 875 Invalid votes 1,274 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Dipesh Tharu 23,632 Nepali Congress Nachuram Chaudhary 17,912 Others 713 Invalid votes 1,137 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Sanjay Kumar Gautam	11,618
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Purna Sharma	10,242
	UCPN (Maoist)	Tilak Ram Sharma	8,595
	Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Ram Kumar Tharu	5,003
	Sadbhavana Party	Dhanesh Kumar Yadav	2,269
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Nasuriddin Sheikh	1,587
	Others		4,549
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Bishnu Prasad Chaudhary	17,851
	Nepali Congress	Sanjay Kumar Gautam	7,605
	Sadbhavana Party	Ram Kumar Tharu	7,317
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Shyam Prasad Dhakal	5,189
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bhim Bahadur K.C.	2,065
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rais Ahmed Shiekh	1,716
	Others		3,420
Invalid votes			1,902
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Mangal Prasad Tharu	14,070
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Pratibha Rana	9,617
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bhim Bahadur K.C.	6,383
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Deep Bahadur Rana	6,364
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Ram Kumar Tharu	5,109
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Rajendra Prasad Shivastav	2,490
	Others		757
Invalid votes			1,393
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Shyam Prasad Dhakal	11,907
	Nepali Congress	Gyan Raj Sharma	8,328
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Pratibha Sharma	7,356
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Ram Kumar Tharu	6,600
	Others		446
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Khag Raj Sharma	11,247
	Nepali Congress		8,769
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal