Kavrepalanchok 2 (constituency)

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

Kavrepalanchok 2
Parliamentary constituency
Kavrepalanchok 2 in Bagmati Province
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Kavrepalanchok District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Gokul Prasad Baskota

Incorporated areas

Kavrepalanchok 2 parliamentary constituency incorporates Bhumlu Rural Municipality, Bethanchowk Rural Municipality, Mandandeupur Municipality, Panchkhal Municipality, Banepa Municipality wards 1–7 of Dhulikhel Municipality and wards 1–3, 11 and 12 of Panauti Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

• Kavrepalanchok 2(A)
• Kavrepalanchok 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Shiva Kumar Deuja	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Keshav Prasad Badal
	1999	Shiva Prasad Humagain[2]	Nepali Congress
	2008	Akal Bahadur Thing	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Ram Hari Subedi	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Gokul Prasad Baskota
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Gokul Prasad Baskota[3]	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Laxman Lamsal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) August 2021 CPN (Unified Socialist) 2022 CPN (Unified Socialist)

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Basundhara Humagain CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) August 2021 CPN (Unified Socialist) 2022 Kanchan Chandra Bade Nepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gokul Prasad Baskota	CPN (UML)	45,345	45.70
	Shiva Prasad Humagain	Nepali Congress	39,482	39.79
	Dinesh Humagain	Rastriya Swatantra Party	10,573	10.66
	Yasu Ale Magar	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,933	1.95
	Others		1,892	1.91
Total			99,225	100.00
Majority			5,863
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [4]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Gokul Prasad Baskota	55,526
	Nepali Congress	Madhu Prasad Acharya	36,753
	Nepali Janata Dal	Saraswati Tripathi	1,106
	Others		3,171
Invalid votes			4,198
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Kavrepalanchok 2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Laxman Lamsal 27,621 Nepali Congress Sundar Mani Acharya 16,589 Others 1,140 Invalid votes 1,321 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

Kavrepalanchok 2(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Baundhara Humagain 28,677 Nepali Congress Kanchan Chandra Bade 21,780 Others 2,031 Invalid votes 1,600 Result CPN UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Hari Subedi	13,510
	Nepali Congress	Shiva Prasad Humagain	11,040
	UCPN (Maoist)	Akal Bahadur Thing	5,913
	Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Ganesh Lama	4,908
	Others		2,608
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[5]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Akal Bahadur Thing	18,207
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Keshav Prasad Badal	11,814
	Nepali Congress	Tirtha Bahadur Paskhal	10,788
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Komal Bahadur Basnet	2,091
	Rastriya Janashakti Party	Satyaman Lama	2,050
	Janamorcha Nepal	Gyan Sagar Lama	1,080
	Others		1,638
Invalid votes			2,496
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[6]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Shiva Prasad Humagain	25,390
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Keshav Prasad Badal	24,401
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Laxmi Narsingh Bade Shrestha	5,201
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Tri Bikram Karmacharya	1,796
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Hari Prasad Manandhar	1,176
	Others		1,301
Invalid Votes			1,557
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[7][8]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Keshav Prasad Badal	19,938
	Nepali Congress	Bishnu Humagain	12,582
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Resham Lal Baidhya	10,105
	Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal	Gopi Krishna Thapaliya	2,034
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Ram Sharan K.C.	1,251
	Independent	Bhata Rayamajhi	147
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[7]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Status
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Keshab Prasad Badal	16,325	47.91	Elected
	Nepali Congress	Gopaldas Bade	10,002	29.36
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa)	Gopal Singh Musyaju
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Ram Bahadur K.C.
	Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal	Ganesh Das Ulak
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Krishna Kumar Vaidya
	Janata Dal (Samajbadi Prajatantrik)	Rup Bahadur Bista
	Independent	Krishna Bahadur Karmacharya
	Independent	Rabindra Khadka
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal