Kailali 2 (constituency)

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

Kailali 2
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Kailali 2 in Sudurpashchim Province Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Kailali 2(A) (red) and Kailali 2(B) within Kailali District
Province	Sudurpashchim Province
District	Kailali District
Electorate	89,871
Current constituency
Created	1991
MP	Arun Kumar Chaudhary (NUP)
Sudurpashchim MPA 2(A)	Kamal Bahadur Shah (NC)
Sudurpashchim MPA 2(B)	Rameshwar Chaudhary (NUP)

Incorporated areas

Kailali 2 incorporates Lamkichuha Municipality, wards 2, 5, 8 and 9 of Janaki Rural Municipality, wards 1–4 of Mohanyal Rural Municipality, and Bardagoriya Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

• Kailali 2(A)
• Kailali 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Ram Janam Chaudhary	Nepali Congress
	2008	Bhagat Bahadur Badhuwal	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Mohan Singh Rathore	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Jhapat Bahadur Rawal
	May 2019		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Arun Kumar Chaudhary	Nagrik Unmukti Party

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Ratan Bahadur Thapa CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2019 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Nanda Bahadur Saud CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2019 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Arun Kumar Chaudhary	Nagrik Unmukti Party	21,871	38.57
	Jhapat Bahadur Rawal	CPN (UML)	16,128	28.44
	Bhagat Bahadur Bhaduwal	CPN (Maoist Centre)	15,116	26.65
	Bharat Singh B.C.	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,784	4.91
	Others		811	1.43
Total			56,710	100.00
Majority			5,743
	Nagrik Unmukti Party gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Jhapat Bahadur Rawal	25,157
	Nepali Congress	Mohan Singh Rathore	23,313
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Ram Prasad Chaudhary	5,967
	Others		1,741
Invalid votes			852
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ratan Bahadur Thapa 13,632 Nepali Congress Him Bahadur Rawal 11,565 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Jay Prakash Dahit 4,277 Others 411 Invalid votes 1,632 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Nanda Bahadur Saud 12,077 Nepali Congress Arun Kumar Chaudhary 11,232 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Jang Prasad Badayak 1,008 Others 1,389 Invalid votes 1,571 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mohan Singh Rathore	11,932
	Nepali Congress	Kamal Bahadur Shah	8,396
	UCPN (Maoist)	Bhim Bahadur Kadayat Chhetri	5,952
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Bilari Tharu	4,348
	Tharuhat Terai Party Nepal	Bir Bahadur Dagaura	2,934
	Others		2,868
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Bhagat Bahadur Badhuwal	21,219
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mohan Singh Rathore	10,608
	Nepali Congress	Tika Kumari Chaudhary	9,747
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Dinesh Kumar Shah	1,138
	Others		2,308
Invalid votes			1,970
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ram Janam Chaudhary	21,976
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Mohan Raj Malla	13,293
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mohan Singh Rathore	11,238
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	De Raj Kushmi	1,306
	Others		1,063
Invalid Votes			2,195
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ram Janam Chaudhary	16,114
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Mohan Raj Malla	11,898
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Hanuman Chaudhary	8,294
	Others		765
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ram Janam Chaudhary	22,747
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		8,340
Result		Congress gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal