Dhading 2 (constituency)

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]

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

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

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

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Jagat Bahadur Simkhada CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 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:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal