Nuwakot 2 (constituency)

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

Nuwakot 2
Parliamentary constituency
Nuwakot 2 in Bagmati Province
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Nuwakot District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Arjun Narsingh K.C.

Incorporated areas

Nuwakot 2 parliamentary constituency incorporates Kispang Rural Municipality, Meghang Rural Municipality, Tarkeshwar Rural Municipality, Bidur Municipality and Belkotgadhi Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

• Nuwakot 2(A)
• Nuwakot 2(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Ganesh Pandit	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat	Nepali Congress
	2017	Narayan Prasad Khatiwada	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Arjun Narsingh K.C.	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Keshav Raj Pandey CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Hiranath Khatiwada CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Arjun Narasingha K.C.	Nepali Congress	28,107	44.61
	Suman Bikram Pandey	Rastriya Swatantra Party	16,477	26.15
	Narayan Prasad Khatiwada	CPN (UML)	15,561	24.70
	Jhanak Pyakurel	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,571	2.49
	Others		1,288	2.04
Total			63,004	100.00
Majority			11,630
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Narayan Prasad Khatiwada	36,892
	Nepali Congress	Arjun Narsingh K.C.	26,335
	Others		1,830
Invalid votes			4,770
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Nuwakot 2(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Keshav Raj Pandey 20,009 Nepali Congress Jagadishwar Narsingh K.C. 12,729 Others 1,263 Invalid votes 1,478 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

Nuwakot 2(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Hiranath Khatiwada 17,062 Nepali Congress Jagat Bahadur Tamang 14,052 Others 1,308 Invalid votes 1,878 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat	18,831
	UCPN (Maoist)	Hit Bahadur Tamang	15,233
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Shanta Thapa	2,258
	Others		1,985
Result		Congress hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat	17,442
	CPN (Maoist)	Hit Bahadur Tamang	17,338
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Binda Dhauna	4,523
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ambika Kumari Dhakal	1,649
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Krishna Bahadur Gurung	1,346
	Others		1,246
Invalid votes			2,894
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat	18,889
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani	8,954
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Janardhan Bhandari	6,313
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ganesh Pandit	5,317
	Others		830
Invalid Votes			1,154
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat	14,799
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Nar Bahadur Rai	9,395
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Janardhan Bhandari	8,008
	Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal	Prakash Nepal	420
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ganesh Pandit	13,564
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Jit Singh Khadka	8,531
Result		RPP (C) gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal