title: Kailali 4 (constituency)
text: # Kailali 4 (constituency)
  
  Kailali 4 is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Kailali District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Kailali 4 incorporates Godawari Municipality, Chure Rural Municipality, ward 5 of Mohanyal Rural Municipality and Gauriganga Municipality.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Kailali 4(A)
  * Kailali 4(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1994 | Maheshwar Pathak | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1999 | Tek Bahadur Chokhal | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Krishna Kumar Chaudhary | CPN (Maoist) |
  | January 2009 | Krishna Kumar Chaudhary | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | 2013 | Gauri Shankar Chaudhary | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | May 2016 | Gauri Shankar Chaudhary | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | 2017 | Lekh Raj Bhatta | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | May 2019 | Lekh Raj Bhatta | Nepal Communist Party |
  | 2022 | Bir Bahadur Balayar | Nepali Congress |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Bir Bahadur Balayar | Nepali Congress | 26,275 | 44.26 |
  | | Lekh Raj Bhatta | CPN (UML) | 22,663 | 38.17 |
  | | Kaiya Chaudhary | Nagrik Unmukti Party | 6,233 | 10.50 |
  | | Gobinda Prasad Bhatta | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 2,230 | 3.76 |
  | | Jay Bahadur Dhami | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1,470 | 2.48 |
  | | Others | | 496 | 0.84 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 59,367 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,612 | |
  | | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Lekh Raj Bhatta | 31,359 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Sunil Kumar Bhandari | 20,960 |
  | | Independent | Gita Chhetri | 3,173 |
  | | Rastriya Janamorcha | Laxmi Ram Acharya | 1,107 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,461 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,935 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist Centre hold | Maoist Centre hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2017 Nepalese provincial elections**
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Gauri Shankar Chaudhary | 11,968 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Khem Raj Dagaura Tharu | 8,610 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dirgha Bahadur Sodari | 6,756 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Birendra Bahadur Bam | 4,170 |
  | | Federal Socialist Party, Nepal | Hira Lal Chaudhary | 2,928 |
  | | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Chandra Kumar Chaudhary | 2,602 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Khagendra Kumar Thagulla | 1,044 |
  | | Others | Others | 5,164 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist hold | Maoist hold |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Krishna Kumar Chaudhary | 27,547 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Narayan Dutta Mishra | 8,367 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Parbati Kumar Chaudhary | 7,099 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Dipendra Bahadur Shahi | 2,484 |
  | | Rastriya Janashakti Party | Aasha Ram Chaudhary | 2,152 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,767 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,700 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Tek Bahadur Chokhal | 17,998 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Hanuman Chaudhary | 11,907 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Dhan Bahadur Bam | 10,328 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Maheshwar Pathak | 1,089 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Dhan Bahadur Shah | 1,061 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,449 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,557 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Maheshwar Pathak | 9,594 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Dhan Bahadur Bam | 9,038 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Tek Bahadur Chokhal | 8,076 |
  | | Independent | Ram Chandra Bhatta | 3,230 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,875 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  