Jhapa 4 (constituency)

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

Jhapa 4
Parliamentary constituency
Jhapa 4 in Province No. 1
Province	Province No. 1
District	Jhapa District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Jhalak Bahadur Magar
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Hari Kumar Thapa

Incorporated areas

Jhapa 4 incorporates Jhapa Rural Municipality, Shivasataxi Municipality, wards 1–7 of Kankai Municipality, wards 1 and 2 of Gauriganj Rural Municipality and ward 9 of Gauradaha Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

• Jhapa 4(A)
• Jhapa 4(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Narayan Singh Rajbanshi	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Chakra Prasad Bastola	Nepali Congress
	2008	Dharma Shila Chapagain	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Prem Bahadur Giri	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

4(A) Election Member Party 2017 Jhalak Bahadur Magar CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Maoist Centre)

4(B) Election Member Party 2017 Hari Kumar Thapa CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu	CPN (UML)	29,315	39.17
	Deu Kumar Thebe Limbu	Nepali Congress	22,448	30.00
	Shambhu Prasad Dhakal	Rastriya Swatantra Party	14,069	18.80
	Khushbu Oli	Independent	5,010	6.69
	Others		3,994	5.34
Total			74,836	100.00
Majority			6,867
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

4(A) Candidate Party Votes % Radhakrishna Khanal CPN (UML) 13,951 44.08 Jhalak Bahadur Magar CPN (Maoist Centre) 12,373 39.09 Umanath Damai Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch 1,591 5.03 Hom Prasad Gautam Hamro Nepali Party 1,346 4.25 Gondha Tajpuriya Janamat Party 782 2.47 Others 1,606 5.07 Total 31,649 100.00 Majority 1,578 CPN (UML) Source: [2]

4(B) Candidate Party Votes % Bhakti Prasad Sitaula Rastriya Prajatantra Party 19,045 43.40 Ekraj Upreti Nepali Congress 15,071 34.34 Keshav Bajgain Hamro Nepali Party 4,142 9.44 Swami Prasad Limbu Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch 2,289 5.22 Ambika Bahadur Tamang Mongol National Organisation 969 2.21 Kehar Singh Basnet Independent 863 1.97 Others 1,508 3.44 Total 43,887 100.00 Majority 3,974 Rastriya Prajatantra Party Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu	43,515
	Nepali Congress	Deu Kumar Thebe Limbu	26,822
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Gyan Bahadur Imbung Limbu	1,682
	Others		2,110
Invalid votes			3,063
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

4(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Jhalak Bahadur Magar 17,256 Nepali Congress Kiran Bhattarai 12,481 Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Harka Prasad Limbu 1,457 Others 754 Invalid votes 1,102 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

4(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hari Kumar Thapa 24,901 Nepali Congress Uttam Kumar Sharma 14,965 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Surya Narayan Ganesh 1,234 Others 1,390 Invalid votes 1,661 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Prem Bahadur Giri	22,159
	Nepali Congress	Udhhav Thapa	20,177
	UCPN (Maoist)	Purushottam Chudal	6,648
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Pralhad Sapkota	1,839
	Others		2,429
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Dharma Shila Chapagain	19,289
	Nepali Congress	Chakra Prasad Bastola	15,502
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Devendra Dahal	13,662
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Prem Prasad Dahal	1,847
	Others		3,164
Invalid votes			2,916
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Chakra Prasad Bastola	15,670
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yukta Prasad Bhetwal	15,645
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Bishwa Nath Singh Rajbanshi	6,748
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Radha Krishna Mainali	5,323
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ram Kumar Singh Rajbanshi	2,106
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Dhan Bahadur Tamang	1,305
	Others		598
Invalid Votes			1,323
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Chakra Prasad Bastola	13,912
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Narayan Singh Rajbanshi	13,668
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Marguv Alam	8,269
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ganesh Prasad Pokharel	3,211
	Others		779
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Narayan Singh Rajbanshi	15,374
	Nepali Congress	Surya Prasad Ganesh	12,901
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal