Morang 5 (constituency)

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[edit]

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[edit]

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

* Morang 5(A)
* Morang 5(B)

## Members of Parliament[edit]

### Parliament/Constituent Assembly[edit]

Election  | 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
| 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[edit]

#### 5(A)[edit]

| Election  | Member  | Party

|
|

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

#### 5(B)[edit]

| Election  | Member  | Party

|
|

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

## Election results[edit]

### Election in the 2020s[edit]

#### 2022 general election[edit]

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[edit]

#### 2017 legislative elections[edit]

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[edit]

##### 5(A)[edit]

| 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)[edit]

| 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[edit]

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[edit]

#### 2009 by-elections[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

#### 1999 legislative elections[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

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

## See also[edit]

* List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

## References[edit]

1. ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
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.
7. ^ a b "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.

## External links[edit]

* Constituency map of Morang

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