title: Gulmi 2 (constituency)
text: # Gulmi 2 (constituency)
  
  Gulmi 2 one of two parliamentary constituencies of Gulmi District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Gulmi 2 incorporates Madane Rural Municipality, Malika Rural Municipality, Dhurkot Rural Municipality, Isma Rural Municipality, Musikot Municipality and, wards 1–6 of Resunga Municipality.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Gulmi 2(A)
  * Gulmi 2(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Bhagwat Gyawali | Nepali Congress |
  | 1994 | Kamal Raj Shrestha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1999 | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2013 | Chandra Kant Bhandari | Nepali Congress |
  | 2017 | Gokarna Bista | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | May 2018 | Gokarna Bista | Nepal Communist Party |
  | March 2021 | Gokarna Bista | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Gokarna Bista | CPN (UML) | 28,476 | 50.32 |
  | | Ram Kumari Jhakri | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 26,441 | 46.72 |
  | | Others | | 1,676 | 2.96 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 56,593 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,035 | |
  | | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Gokarna Bista | 34,618 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Chandra Bahadur K.C. | 20,157 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,076 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,199 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Chandra Kant Bhandari | 21,189 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | 18,681 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Ashok Thapa | 4,531 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,155 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | 23,253 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Chandra Kant Bhandari | 21,101 |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Nim Bahadur Pandey | 7,321 |
  | | Others | | 2,211 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,168 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | 24,345 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Chandra Bahadur K.C. | 23,669 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Tej Prasad Kandel | 1,640 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,184 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,201 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Kamal Raj Shrestha | 25,651 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bhagwat Gyawali | 19,872 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Ashok Shrestha | 1,260 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,382 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bhagwat Gyawali | 22,364 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | | 21,011 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  