Morang 5 (constituency)

Morang 5
Morang 5
Parliamentary constituency
	Morang 5 in Province No. 1
Province	Province No. 1
District	Morang District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Yogendra Mandal (Independent)
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Gyanesdwar Rajbanshi, CPN (UML)
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Jay Ram Yadav, PSP-N

Morang 5 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]

Incorporated areas

Morang 5 incorporates Dhanpalthan Rural Municipality, Jahada Rural Municipality, wards 4–7 of Rangeli Municipality and wards 13–18 of Biratnagar Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

Morang 5(A)
Morang 5(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

	Member	Party
1991	Shailaja Acharya	Nepali Congress
1994	Kamal Prasad Koirala	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999	Mahesh Acharya	Nepali Congress
2008	Upendra Yadav	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal
2009 by-election	Jay Ram Yadav	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal
2013	Amrit Kumar Aryal	Nepali Congress
2017	Shiva Kumar Mandal	CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022	Yogendra Mandal	Independent

Provincial Assembly

5(A)

	Member	Party
2017	Gyaneshwar Rajbanshi	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

5(B)

	Member	Party
2017	Jay Ram Yadav	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
May 2019		Samajbadi Party, Nepal
April 2020		People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yogendra Mandal	Independent	21,820	32.38
	Shiva Kumar Mandal	CPN (Maoist Centre)	17,486	25.95
	Raj Kumar Yadav	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	17,390	25.81
	Rewat Bahadur Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,479	3.68
	Parmeshwar Murmu	Janamat Party	2,395	3.55
	Pramod Kumar Mandal	Rastriya Swatantra Party	2,282	3.39
	Mohammad Reza Hussein	Independent	1,900	2.82
	Others		1,628	2.42
Total			67,380	100.00

Majority			4,334
	Independent gain
Source: ^[2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Shiva Kumar Mandal	22,945
	Nepali Congress	Amrit Kumar Aryal	19,153
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Raj Kumar Yadav	18,649
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Badri Prasad Mandal	1,895
	Others		1,287
Invalid votes			4,363
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

5(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Gyaneshwar Rajbanshi	12,861
	Nepali Congress	Shukradev Prasad Mandal	8,828
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Bijay Kumar Singh	8,573
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Shankar Prasad Sah	1,157
	Others		189
Invalid votes			1,682
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

5(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Jay Ram Yadav	11,201
	Nepali Congress	Rajesh Kumar Gupta	9,918
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Shubhan Miyan	8,665
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Bhogendra Yadav	1,231
	Others		1,817
Invalid votes			2,078
Result		FSFN gainn
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Amrit Kumar Aryal	15,254
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Upendra Yadav	12,566
	UCPN (Maoist)	Baleshwar Kamat	3,780
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Lal Sah	2,563
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Basanta Lal Rajbanshi	1,114
	Sadbhavana Party	Badri Pasad Mandal	1,112
	Others		4,820
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews^[3]

Election in the 2000s

2009 by-elections


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jay Ram Yadav	Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	13,811	35.68
	Shiva Kumar Mandal	UCPN (Maoist)	9,101	23.51
	Jagannath Singh	Nepali Congress	5,544	14.32
	Jeevan Ghimire	CPN (UML)	3,586	9.26
	Umesh Giri	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	2,801	7.24
	Others	3,865	9.99
Total			38,708	100.00

Valid votes			38,708	99.34
Invalid/blank votes			256	0.66
Total votes			38,964	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			67,397	57.81

Majority			4,710
	Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal hold
Source: Election Commission^[4]^[5]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Upendra Yadav	27,508
	Nepali Congress	Amrit Kumar Aryal	10,324
	CPN (Maoist)	Rajendra Prasad Gupta	3,616
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mina Devi Yadav	2,224
	Others		2,387
Invalid votes			2,026
Result		MJFN gain
Source: Election Commission^[6]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Mahesh Acharya	19,119
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Subodh Raj Pyakurel	15,450
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Surendra Bahadur Basnet	9,329
	Independent	Satya Narayan Chaudhary	1,941
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Anirudh Prasad Bishwas	1,465
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Paladh Prasad Shah	1,131
	Others		1,857
Invalid Votes			1,444
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission^[7]^[8]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kamal Prasad Koirala	14,106
	Nepali Congress	Shyam Lal Tabdar	10,357
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Krishna Bahadur Bhattarai	4,013
	Others		6,697
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission^[7]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Shailaja Acharya	19,769
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kamal Prasad Koirala	10,537
Result		Congress gain
Source: [1]

References

^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
^ "उपनिर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरु संविधान सभा सदस्यमा निर्वाचित भएको नामावली". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
^ Constituent Assembly By-election-2009 Observation Report (in Nepali). National Election Observation Committee (Nepal). 2009.
^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
^ ^a ^b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

Constituency map of Morang

[1] "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2022el-2] "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.

[:0-3] "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.

[4] "उपनिर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरु संविधान सभा सदस्यमा निर्वाचित भएको नामावली". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-12-12.

[5] Constituent Assembly By-election-2009 Observation Report (in Nepali). National Election Observation Committee (Nepal). 2009.

[6] "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

[archive-7] "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

[8] "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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Morang 5 (constituency)

Incorporated areas

Assembly segments

Members of Parliament

5(A)

5(B)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

5(A)

5(B)

Election in the 2000s

2009 by-elections

Election in the 1990s

See also

References

External links