title: Dhading 2 (constituency)
text: # Dhading 2 (constituency)
  
  Dhading 2 is one of two parliamentary constituencies of Dhading District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Dhading 2 parliamentary constituency incorporates Rubi Valley Rural Municipality, Khaniyabash Rural Municipality, Gangajamuna Rural Municipality, Tripura Sundari Rural Municipality, Netrawati Rural Municipality, Nilkantha Municipality and Jwalamukhi Municipality.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Dhading 2(A)
  * Dhading 2(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Ganga Lal Tuladhar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1999 | Ram Nath Adhikari | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Kalpana Dhamala | CPN (Maoist) |
  | January 2009 | Kalpana Dhamala | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | 2013 | Guru Prasad Burlakoti | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2017 | Khem Prasad Lohani | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | May 2018 | Khem Prasad Lohani | Nepal Communist Party |
  | March 2021 | Khem Prasad Lohani | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2022 | Ram Nath Adhikari | Nepali Congress |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ramnath Adhikari | Nepali Congress | 34,736 | 52.34 |
  | | Khem Prasad Lohani | CPN (UML) | 24,190 | 36.45 |
  | | Basumaya Tamang | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 5,569 | 8.39 |
  | | Dhanmaya Tamang | Mongol National Organisation | 1,111 | 1.67 |
  | | Others | | 763 | 1.15 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 66,369 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,546 | |
  | | 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 (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Khem Prasad Lohani | 36,256 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Dil Man Pakhrin | 35,616 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,371 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,602 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Guru Prasad Burlakoti | 20,236 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ram Nath Adhikari | 18,136 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Kalpana Dhamala | 9,179 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,928 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Kalpana Dhamala | 20,730 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ganga Lal Tuladhar | 19,645 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ram Nath Adhikari | 18,407 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Hari Prasad Acharya | 1,633 |
  | | Others | | 1,891 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,974 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ram Nath Adhikari | 26,053 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ganga Lal Tuladhar | 25,489 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Jyan Bahadur Thakuri | 1,385 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Bharat Raj Adhikari | 1,084 |
  | | Others | Others | 215 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,541 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ganga Lal Tuladhar | 19,380 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Hari Adhikari | 15,684 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Gyanu Prasad Rimal | 5,870 |
  | | Others | Others | 824 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ganga Lal Tuladhar | 18,911 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Chij Kumar Shrestha | 15,654 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: ||||
  