Rupandehi 5 (constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in Lumbini Province, Nepal

Rupandehi 5

Parliamentary constituency

Rupanedhi 5 in Lumbini Province

Province| Lumbini Province
District| Rupandehi District
Current constituency
Created| 1991
Party| Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament| Bharat Kumar Shah

Rupandehi 5 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Rupandehi District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

## Incorporated areas[edit]

Rupandehi 5 incorporates Kanchan Rural Municipality, Gaidhawa Rural Municipality, wards 5–11 of Sainamaina Municipality, wards 6–9 of Sudhdhodhan Rural Municipality, ward 1 of Mayadevi Rural Municipality and wards 1 and 3–11 of Lumbini Sanskritik Municipality.

## Assembly segments[edit]

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

* Rupandehi 5(A)
* Rupandehi 5(B)

## Members of Parliament[edit]

### Parliament/Constituent Assembly[edit]

Election  | Member  | Party

|
|

| 1991 | Shyam Sundar Gupta  | Nepal Sadbhawana Party
| 1994 | Sarvendra Nath Shukla  | Rastriya Prajatantra Party
| 1999 | Yaggya Jeet Shah  | Nepal Sadbhawana Party
| 2008 | Ram Nath Dhakal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
| 2013 | Bharat Kumar Shah | Nepali Congress
| 2022 | Basudev Ghimire | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

### Provincial Assembly[edit]

#### 5(A)[edit]

| Election  | Member  | Party

|
|

| 2017 | Bhumeshwar Dhakal  | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party

#### 5(B)[edit]

| Election  | Member  | Party

|
|

| 2017 | Fakharuddin Khan  | Nepali Congress

## Election results[edit]

### Election in the 2020s[edit]

#### 2022 general election[edit]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Basudev Ghimire| CPN (UML)| 36,822| 45.74
| Bharat Kumar Shah| Nepali Congress| 27,120| 33.69
| Chandrashekhar Sonar| Janamat Party| 8,390| 10.42
| Bhishma Kumar Rana| Hamro Nepali Party| 5,876| 7.30
| Others| | 2,296| 2.85
Total| 80,504| 100.00
Majority| 9,702|
| CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

### Election in the 2010s[edit]

#### 2017 legislative elections[edit]

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

| Nepali Congress | Bharat Kumar Shah | 33,088
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Dila Ram Acharya  | 20,438
| Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Mohammad Wakil Musalman  | 14,121
| CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Upadhyaya  | 1,879
| Rastriya Janamukti Party | Bhaira Bahadur Thapa Magar  | 1,657
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Rajendra Gupta  | 1,337
| Others  | 1,739
Invalid votes  | 5,237
Result  | Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

#### 2017 Nepalese provincial elections[edit]

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

| Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bhumeshwar Dhakal  | 22,025
| Nepali Congress | Bishnu Prasad Pokharel  | 15,416
| Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Sushila Tharu  | 3,804
| Rastriya Janamukti Party | Durga Rajakoti  | 1,604
| Others  | 1,305
Invalid votes  | 1,761
Result  | CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

##### 5(B)[edit]

| Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

| Nepali Congress | Fakharuddin Khan  | 16,683
| Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Ramauti Yadav  | 9,250
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Hajrat Bilal Fakir  | 1,673
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Aliullah Muslaman  | 1,386
| Others  | 2,108
Invalid votes  | 2,508
Result  | Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election[edit]

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

| Nepali Congress | Bharat Kumar Shah | 14,274
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Nath Dhakal | 13,766
| UCPN (Maoist) | Dadhiram Neupane  | 4,622
| Rastriya Janamukti Party | Bam Bahadur Darlami Magar  | 2,393
| Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Mohan Lal Yadav  | 2,271
| Others  | 3,382
Result  | Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

### Election in the 2000s[edit]

#### 2008 Constituent Assembly election[edit]

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Nath Dhakal | 11,080
| CPN (Maoist) | Basanta Kumar Shrestha  | 10,785
| Nepali Congress | Bharat Kumar Shah  | 8,920
| Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Mohan Lal Yadav  | 4,443
| Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi) | Rangi Lal Lodh  | 2,610
| Rastriya Janamukti Party | Bhaira Bahadur Thapa  | 2,571
| Sadbhawana Party | Gajendra Gupta  | 1,356
| Others  |  | 2,885
Invalid votes  | 2,144
Result  | CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

### Election in the 1990s[edit]

#### 1999 legislative elections[edit]

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

| Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Yaggya Jeet Shah  | 19,203
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Sarvendra Nath Shukla  | 14,476
| Nepali Congress | Vashistha Mani Tripathi  | 9,016
| Others  | 1,598
Invalid votes  | 1,151
Result  | NSP gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

#### 1994 legislative elections[edit]

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Sarvendra Nath Shukla  | 13,919
| Independent | Yaggya Jeet Shah  | 11,712
| Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Shyam Sundar Gupta  | 6,694
| Nepali Congress | Shaligram Upadhyaya  | 3,699
| Others  | 1,752
Result  | RPP gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

#### 1991 legislative elections[edit]

Party  | Candidate  | Votes

|
|

| Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Shyam Sundar Gupta  | 12,282
| Nepali Congress | Yaggya Jeet Shah  | 7,957
Result  | NSP 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. ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
5. ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
6. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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