title: Syangja 2 (constituency)
text: # Syangja 2 (constituency)
  
  Syangja 2 is one of two parliamentary constituencies of Syangja District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Syangja 2 incorporates Kaligandaki Rural Municipality, Galyang Municipality, Chapakot Municipality, wards 5–9 o., Waling municipality, Bheerkot municipality.,
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Syangja 2(A)
  * Syangja 2(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Rudra Man Gurung | Nepali Congress |
  | 1994 | Dhruba Raj Lamsal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1999 | Gopal Man Shrestha | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Gopal Man Shrestha | Nepali Congress |
  | 2013 | Kamal Prasad Pangeni | Nepali Congress |
  | 2017 | Padma Kumari Aryal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | May 2018 | Padma Kumari Aryal | Nepal Communist Party |
  | March 2021 | Padma Kumari Aryal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2022 | Dhanraj Gurung | Nepali Congress |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Dhanraj Gurung | Nepali Congress | 31,466 | 46.51 |
  | | Padma Kumari Aryal | CPN (UML) | 25,839 | 38.19 |
  | | Tika Raj Gurung | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 8,113 | 11.99 |
  | | Others | | 2,239 | 3.31 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 67,657 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,627 | |
  | | 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) | Padma Kumari Aryal | 35,142 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Gopal Man Shrestha | 31,436 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,077 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,827 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Kamal Prasad Pangeni | 17,791 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Khand | 16,264 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Kalpana Aryal | 2,809 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,420 |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Gopal Man Shrestha | 17,247 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Chakra Bahadur Parajuli | 12,173 |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Deepa Bhushal | 11,824 |
  | | CPN (United) | Rudra Bahadur Thapa | 1,089 |
  | | Others | | 3,539 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,471 |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Gopal Man Shrestha | 21,572 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Prem Narayan Sharma Paudel | 13,991 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Neel Kantha Kafle | 3,687 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,222 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,088 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dhruba Raj Lamsal | 14,820 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Gopal Man Shrestha | 12,236 |
  | | Independent | Surya Prasad Regmi | 5,995 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Pitambar Thapa | 4,569 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,296 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Rudra Man Gurung | 15,999 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | | 13,285 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  