Gulmi 2 (constituency)

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

Gulmi 2
Parliamentary constituency
Gulmi 2 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Gulmi jeiwiwuDistrict
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Gokarna Raj Bista

Incorporated areas

Gulmi 2 incorporates Madane Rural Municipality, Malika Rural Municipality, Dhurkot Rural Municipality, Isma Rural Municipality, Musikot Municipality and, wards 1–6 of Resunga Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Gulmi 2(A)
• Gulmi 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Bhagwat Gyawali	Nepali Congress
	1994	Kamal Raj Shrestha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Pradeep Kumar Gyawali
	2013	Chandra Kant Bhandari	Nepali Congress
	2017	Gokarna Bista	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Khadga Bahadur Khatri CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Dinesh Panthi CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gokarna Bista	CPN (UML)	28,476	50.32
	Ram Kumari Jhakri	CPN (Unified Socialist)	26,441	46.72
	Others		1,676	2.96
Total			56,593	100.00
Majority			2,035
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Gokarna Bista	34,618
	Nepali Congress	Chandra Bahadur K.C.	20,157
	Others		1,076
Invalid votes			2,199
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Khadga Bahadur Khatri 16,165 Nepali Congress Shalikram Panthi 11,673 Others 334 Invalid votes 645 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Dinesh Panthi 17,601 Nepali Congress Chhant Bahadur Paharai Magar 9,639 Others 846 Invalid votes 1,089 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Chandra Kant Bhandari	21,189
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Pradeep Kumar Gyawali	18,681
	UCPN (Maoist)	Ashok Thapa	4,531
	Others		1,155
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Pradeep Kumar Gyawali	23,253
	Nepali Congress	Chandra Kant Bhandari	21,101
	CPN (Maoist)	Nim Bahadur Pandey	7,321
	Others		2,211
Invalid votes			2,168
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Pradeep Kumar Gyawali	24,345
	Nepali Congress	Chandra Bahadur K.C.	23,669
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Tej Prasad Kandel	1,640
	Others		1,184
Invalid votes			1,201
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kamal Raj Shrestha	25,651
	Nepali Congress	Bhagwat Gyawali	19,872
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ashok Shrestha	1,260
	Others		1,382
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bhagwat Gyawali	22,364
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		21,011
Result		Congress gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal