Jhapa 5 (constituency)

Jhapa 5
Jhapa 5
Parliamentary constituency
	Jhapa 5 in Koshi Province
Province	Koshi Province
District	Jhapa District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Member of Parliament	KP Sharma Oli
Koshi Province; MPA 5(A)	Hikmat Kumar Karki; (UML)
Koshi Province; MPA 5 (B)	Hom Bahadur Thapa; (UML)

Jhapa 5 (Nepali: झापा ५) is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Jhapa District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.^[1]

Incorporated areas

Jhapa 5 incorporates Damak Municipality, Kamal Rural Municipality, wards 1–8 of Gauradaha Municipality and wards 3–6 of Gauriganj Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Koshi Provincial Assembly segment

Jhapa 5(A)
Jhapa 5(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

	Member	Party
1991	Narayan Singh Rajbanshi	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994	Radha Krishna Mainali	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
March 1998	Radha Krishna Mainali	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999	Tara Sam Yongya	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008	Keshav Kumar Budhathoki	Nepali Congress
2017	K.P. Sharma Oli	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

5(A)

	Member	Party
2017	Hikmat Kumar Karki	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

5(B)

	Member	Party
2017	Arjun Rai	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	KP Sharma Oli	CPN (UML)	52,319	55.74
	Khagendra Adhikari	Nepali Congress	23,743	25.29
	Suresh Kumar Pokharel	Rastriya Swatantra Party	11,759	12.53
	Bhim Rajbanshi	Janamat Party	1,485	1.58
	Kavindra Sharma Limbu	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	1,281	1.36
	Others		3,283	3.50
Total			93,870	100.00

Majority			28,576
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: ^[2]

2022 provincial election

5(A)


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hikmat Kumar Karki	CPN (UML)	22,530	49.27
	Jiwan Kumar Rai	Nepali Congress	17,058	37.30
	Dunnilal Rajbanshi	Janamat Party	2,485	5.43
	Surya Prasad Limbu	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	1,650	3.61
	Lachhuman Limbu	People's Socialist Party	703	1.54
	Others	1,305	2.85
Total			45,731	100.00

Majority			5,472
	CPN (UML)
Source: ^[2]

5(B)


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hom Bahadur Thapa	CPN (UML)	24,129	49.43
	Rewatraj Puri	CPN (Maoist Centre)	17,315	35.47
	Chhabilal Sitaula	Hamro Nepali Party	2,171	4.45
	Dhanraj Limbu	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	1,563	3.20
	Sudip Rai	People's Socialist Party	994	2.04
	Ramlal Rai	Mongol National Organisation	928	1.90
	Dhiraj Bajracharya	Independent	701	1.44
	Others	1,014	2.08
Total			48,815	100.00

Majority			6,814
	CPN (UML)
Source: ^[2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	K.P. Sharma Oli	43,515
	Nepali Congress	Khagendra Adhikari	26,822
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Satya Dev Prasad	1,915
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Gyan Bahadur Imbung Limbu	1,380
	Others		2,614
Invalid votes			4,674
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

5(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Hikmat Kumar Karki	24,098
	Nepali Congress	Anil Krishna Prasai	18,636
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Surya Prasad Limbu	1,045
	Others		1,586
Invalid votes			1,989
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

5(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Arjun Rai	30,973
	Nepali Congress	Rajan Bahadur Dhungana	10,993
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Sushil Kumar Rai	1,626
	Others		3,361
Invalid votes			1,552
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Keshav Kumar Budhathoki	16,587
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu	16,347
	UCPN (Maoist)	Jhalak Bahadur Magar	9,172
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Dhruba Kumar Upreti	3,154
	Sadbhavana Party	Om Narayan Rajbanshi	1,523
	Others		5,028
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews^[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Keshav Kumar Budhathoki	16,466
	CPN (Maoist)	Harka Bahadur Khadka	15,548
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Tara Sam Yongya	13,247
	Sadbhavana Party	Surya Narayan Ganesh	6,655
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Tara Nath Rajbanshi	2,601
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Lahan Singh Tumbapo	1,398
	Others		2,457
Invalid votes			4,214
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission^[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Tara Sam Yongya	19,199
	Nepali Congress	Santosh Kumar Meinyangbo	16,651
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Nitya Nand Tajpuriya	3,492
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Chandra Prasad Yongya	2,491
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Jung Prasad Chemjong	1,896
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Laxmi Prasad Odari	1,557
	Others		656
Invalid Votes			942
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission^[5]^[6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Radha Krishna Mainali	16,361
	Nepali Congress	Surya Narayan Tajpuriya	13,898
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Shiva Kumar Yongya	4,013
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Chandra Prasad Yongya	3,043
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Top Lal Rajbanshi	1,652
	Nepal Janabadi Morcha	Kedar Nar Singh	197
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission^[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Chandra Prakash Mainali	18,892
	Nepali Congress	Ram Babu Prasai	11,948
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: [1]

Related pages

List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

↑ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "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.
↑ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "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.

Other websites

Constituency map of Jhapa

[1] "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2022el-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "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] "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

[archive-5] 5.0 ^5.1 "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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