title: Dang 2 (constituency)
text: # Dang 2 (constituency)
  
  Dang 2 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Dang District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Dang 2 incorporates Banglachuli Rural Municipality, wards 4 and 6–19 of Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City, and wards 16–19 of Tulsipur Sub-metropolitan City.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Dang 2(A)
  * Dang 2(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Shiva Raj Gautam | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1994 | Bal Dev Sharma | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Dama Kumari Sharma | CPN (Maoist) |
  | January 2009 | Dama Kumari Sharma | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | 2013 | Sushila Chaudhary | Nepali Congress |
  | 2017 | Krishna Bahadur Mahara | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | May 2018 | Krishna Bahadur Mahara | Nepal Communist Party |
  | March 2021 | Krishna Bahadur Mahara | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | 2022 | Rekha Sharma | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Rekha Sharma | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 26,880 | 36.07 |
  | | Shankar Pokharel | CPN (UML) | 26,687 | 35.81 |
  | | Bishal Adhikari | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 15,861 | 21.28 |
  | | Bholanath Yogi | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 2,273 | 3.05 |
  | | Others | | 2,829 | 3.80 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 74,530 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 193 | |
  | | CPN (Maoist Centre) hold | CPN (Maoist Centre) hold | CPN (Maoist Centre) hold | CPN (Maoist Centre) hold |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Krishna Bahadur Mahara | 40,042 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Raju Khanal | 25,897 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Bhoj Bahadur Bishwakarma | 2,204 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,342 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,284 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist Centre gain | Maoist Centre gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Sushila Chaudhary | 10,430 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Hom Bahadur Pun | 8,590 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Shanta Chaudhary | 7,402 |
  | | Rastriya Janamorcha | Shashidhar Bhandari | 1,856 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Govinda Bahadur K.K. | 1,093 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,008 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Dama Kumari Sharma | 20,240 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Krishna Kishor Ghimire | 6,930 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Naru Lal Chaudhary | 5,442 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Prabhu Chaudhary | 2,913 |
  | | Rastriya Janamorcha | Lal Mani Sharma | 1,252 |
  | | Others | | 1,718 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,512 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bal Dev Sharma | 14,811 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Chhabi Lal Oli | 8,463 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Sushma Ghimire | 5,550 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Dinesh Bahadur Neupane | 5,386 |
  | | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Khadga Bahadur Budha Magar | 1,678 |
  | | Others | Others | 586 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,667 |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bal Dev Sharma | 12,560 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Sushma Sharma | 9,695 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rana Bahadur Shah | 9,330 |
  | | Others | Others | 504 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Shiva Raj Gautam | 20,590 |
  | | Nepali Congress | | 19,322 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: ||||
  