Morang 6 (constituency)

Morang 6 is one of six parliamentary constituencies of Morang District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.^[1]

Morang 6
Parliamentary constituency
Morang 6 in Province No. 1
Province	Province No. 1
District	Morang District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Member of Parliament	Shekhar Koirala, (NC)
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Jeevan Acharya, (CPN-MC)
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Kedar Karki, (NC)

Incorporated areas

Morang 6 incorporates Budhiganga Rural Municipality, wards 2–7 of Sundarharaicha Municipality and wards 4–7, 9, 11 and 12 of Biratnagar Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

• Morang 6(A)

It incorporates Budhiganga Rural Municipality, wards 2-7 of Sundar Haraicha municipality and ward 4 of Biratnagar metropolitan city

• Morang 6(B)

It incorporates wards 5-7,9,11, and 12 of Biratnagar metropolitan city

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Shyam Lal Tawedar	Nepali Congress
	1994	Guru Prasad Baral	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Hari Narayan Chaudhary	Nepali Congress
	2008	Bhim Raj Chaudhary Rajbanshi	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal
	June 2009		Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
	2013	Mahesh Acharya	Nepali Congress
	2017	Lal Babu Pandit	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Shekhar Koirala	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

6(A) Election Member Party 2017 Chum Narayan Tavdar Nepali Congress 2022 Jeevan Acharya CPN (Maoist Centre)

6(B) Election Member Party 2017 Kedar Karki Nepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Shekhar Koirala	Nepali Congress	35,224	43.80
	Lal Babu Pandit	CPN (UML)	22,946	28.53
	Yadav Kumar Pradhan	Rastriya Swatantra Party	9,140	11.36
	Gopal Kshetri	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	8,925	11.10
	Buddhi Ram Majhi	Janamat Party	1,844	2.29
	Others		2,347	2.92
Total			80,426	100.00
Majority			12,278
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Lal Babu Pandit	33,941
	Nepali Congress	Dr. Shekhar Koirala	33,266
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Rajeshwar Bishwas	5,261
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Tavrej Akhtar Aalam	1,118
	Others		1,277
Invalid votes			4,255
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

6(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Chum Narayan Tavdar 23,513 CPN (Maoist Centre) Jiwan Acharya 21,470 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Nira Bhagat 1,710 Others 1,705 Invalid votes 1,857 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

6(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Kedar Karki 11,298 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ramesh Prasad Pokharel 8,120 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Shyam Kumar Kamat 4,921 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Yadubamsha Shah Haluwai 1,203 Others 1,596 Invalid votes 1,532 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Mahesh Acharya	12,552
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Bhakti Nath Majhi Tharu	7,568
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mahesh Prasad Bhattarai	5,600
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Mrityuanjay Kumar Jha	5,327
	UCPN (Maoist)	Babu Raja Ojha	4,287
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Ballabh Prasad Dahal	3,536
	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	Mohammad Kadir	1,020
	Others		2,224
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Bhim Raj Chaudhary Rajbanshi	17,086
	Nepali Congress	Mahesh Acharya	11,558
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mahesh Regmi	7,272
	CPN (Maoist)	Hirad Lal Chaudhary	3,399
	Others		3,337
Invalid votes			2,047
Result		MJFN gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Hari Narayan Chaudhary	22,856
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Guru Prasad Baral	18,612
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Babu Nand Yadav	4,045
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Hari Prasad Ghimire	2,354
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bhusan Ram Mandal	1,554
	Others		861
Invalid Votes			1,693
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Guru Prasad Baral	15,460
	Nepali Congress	Satya Narayan Chaudhary	13,858
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bhushan Raj Mandal	5,646
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Ram Narayan Yadav	2,885
	Others		737
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Shyam Lal Tawedar	23,931
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mohan Chandra Adhikari	14,486
Result		Congress gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal