Lalitpur 2 (constituency)

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

Lalitpur 2
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Lalitpur 2 in Bagmati Province
Assembly segments Lalitpur 2(A) (red) and Lalitpur 2(B) (blue) within Lalitpur District
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Lalitpur District
Electorate	75,981
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	CPN (Unified Socialist)
MP	Krishna Lal Maharjan
Bagmati MPA 2(A)	Madhav Prasad Paudel (NCP)
Bagmati MPA 2(B)	Gyanendra Shakya (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Lalitpur 2 parliamentary constituency consists of Mahalaxmi Municipality and wards 6-9, 11, 12, 16, 17 and 19 of Lalitpur Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

• Lalitpur 2(A)
• Lalitpur 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Siddhi Lal Singh	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	March 1998		CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Krishna Lal Maharjan	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Raj Kaji Maharjan	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Chandra Maharjan	Nepali Congress
	2017	Krishna Lal Maharjan	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	August 2021		CPN (Unified Socialist)
	2022	Prem Bahadur Maharjan	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Madhav Prasad Paudel CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) August 2021 CPN (Unified Socialist)

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Gyanendra Shakya CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Prem Bahadur Maharjan	CPN (UML)	15,025	29.26
	Sudin Shakya	Hamro Nepali Party	8,886	17.30
	Budhha Ratna Maharjan	Rastriya Swatantra Party	8,666	16.87
	Krishna Lal Maharjan	CPN (Unified Socialist)	8,264	16.09
	Raghubir Raj Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	6,646	12.94
	Dipesh Kumar K.C.	Independent	1,392	2.71
	Others		2,476	4.82
Total			51,355	100.00
Majority			6,139
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Lal Maharjan	27,713
	Nepali Congress	Chandra Maharjan	16,945
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Amir Raj Maharjan	5,408
	Others		2,741
Invalid votes			1,704
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Madhav Prasad Paudel 14,534 Nepali Congress Pawan Bikram Thapa 8,145 Bibeksheel Sajha Party Prabin Maharjan 1,845 Others 2,114 Invalid votes 707 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Gyanendra Shakya 12,063 Nepali Congress Prem Krishna Maharjan 9,420 Bibeksheel Sajha Party Gyan Bahadur Shakya 3,684 Others 1,315 Invalid votes 662 Result CPN UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Chandra Maharjan	23,231
	UCPN (Maoist)	Saroj Dangol	12,059
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Lal Maharjan	9,108
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Ananda Adhikari	4,727
	Nepa Rastriy Party	Kiran Shakya	2,373
	Others		2,803
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Raj Kaji Maharjan	17,088
	Nepali Congress	Chandra Maharjan	16,392
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Siddhi Lal Singh	11,335
	Nepa Rastriy Party	Pushpa Ratna Shakya	2,360
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bisantar Kumar Shakya	2,063
	Janamorcha Nepal	Gobinda Maharjan	1,055
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Ramesh Tamrakar	912
	Others		1,047
Invalid votes			1,561
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Lal Maharjan	16,169
	Nepali Congress	Jagat Raj Shakya	14,878
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Siddhi Lal Singh	7,701
	Others		2,398
Invalid Votes			889
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Siddhi Lal Singh	23,562
	Nepali Congress	Chandra Maharjan	12,046
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Hari Prasad Paudel	3,761
	Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal	Asta Man Maharjan	3,221
	Others		250
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Siddhi Lal Singh	27,202
	Nepali Congress	Marshal Julaum Shakya	14,855
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal