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]

Morang 5
Parliamentary constituency
Morang 5 in Province No. 1
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictMorang District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyRastriya Swatantra Party
Member of ParliamentAsha Jha
Member of the Provincial AssemblyGyanesdwar Rajbanshi, CPN (UML)
Member of the Provincial AssemblyJay Ram Yadav, PSP-N

Incorporated areas

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Assembly segments

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It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Morang 5(A)
  • Morang 5(B)

Members of Parliament

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Election results

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Election in the 2020s

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2026 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Aasha JhaRSP30,43443.05
Phool Kumar LalbaniCongress9,41513.32
Raj Kumar YadavPSP-N8,74712.37
Shiva Kumar MandalNCP8,61412.18
Manoj AgrawalCPN-(UML)6,9459.82
Yogendra MandalRSP, N4,1995.94
Kumud RayaRPP5490.78
Others1,7962.54
Total70,699100.00
Registered voters/turnout
Majority21,019
RSP gain
Source: [2]

2022 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Yogendra MandalIndependent21,82032.38
Shiva Kumar MandalCPN (Maoist Centre)17,48625.95
Raj Kumar YadavPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal17,39025.81
Rewat Bahadur ThapaRastriya Prajatantra Party2,4793.68
Parmeshwar MurmuJanamat Party2,3953.55
Pramod Kumar MandalRastriya Swatantra Party2,2823.39
Mohammad Reza HusseinIndependent1,9002.82
Others1,6282.42
Total67,380100.00
Majority4,334
Independent gain
Source: [3]

Election in the 2010s

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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
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[4]

Election in the 2000s

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2009 by-elections

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Jay Ram YadavMadheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal13,81135.68
Shiva Kumar MandalUCPN (Maoist)9,10123.51
Jagannath SinghNepali Congress5,54414.32
Jeevan GhimireCPN (UML)3,5869.26
Umesh GiriTerai Madhesh Loktantrik Party2,8017.24
Others3,8659.99
Total38,708100.00
Valid votes38,70899.34
Invalid/blank votes2560.66
Total votes38,964100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,39757.81
Majority4,710
Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]
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[7]

Election in the 1990s

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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[8][9]
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[8]
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Shailaja Acharya 19,769
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kamal Prasad Koirala 10,537
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

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References

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  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. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  4. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  5. "उपनिर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरु संविधान सभा सदस्यमा निर्वाचित भएको नामावली". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  6. Constituent Assembly By-election-2009 Observation Report (in Nepali). National Election Observation Committee (Nepal). 2009.
  7. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  8. 1 2 "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  9. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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