Jhapa 4 (constituency)

Jhapa 4
Jhapa 4
Parliamentary constituency
	Jhapa 4 in Koshi Province
Province	Koshi Province
District	Jhapa District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu
Koshi Province; MPA 1(A)	Radha Krishna Khanal; (UML)
Koshi Province; MPA 1(B)	Bhakti Prasad Sitaula; (RPP)

Jhapa 4 (Nepali: झापा ४) is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Jhapa District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.^[1]

Incorporated areas[change | change source]

Jhapa 4 incorporates Jhapa Rural Municipality, Shivasataxi Municipality, wards 1–7 of Kankai Municipality, wards 1 and 2 of Gauriganj Rural Municipality and ward 9 of Gauradaha Municipality.

Assembly segments[change | change source]

It encompasses the following Koshi Provincial Assembly segment

Jhapa 4(A)
Jhapa 4(B)

Members of Parliament[change | change source]

Parliament/Constituent Assembly[change | change source]

	Member	Party
1991	Narayan Singh Rajbanshi	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994	Chakra Prasad Bastola	Nepali Congress
2008	Dharma Shila Chapagain	CPN (Maoist)
January 2009	Dharma Shila Chapagain	UCPN (Maoist)
2013	Prem Bahadur Giri	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly[change | change source]

4(A)[change | change source]

	Member	Party
2017	Jhalak Bahadur Magar	CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Maoist Centre)

4(B)[change | change source]

	Member	Party
2017	Hari Kumar Thapa	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Election results[change | change source]

Election in the 2020s[change | change source]

2022 general election[change | change source]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu	CPN (UML)	29,315	39.17
	Deu Kumar Thebe	Nepali Congress	22,448	30.00
	Shambhu Prasad Dhakal	Rastriya Swatantra Party	14,069	18.80
	Khushbu Oli	Independent	5,010	6.69
	Others		3,994	5.34
Total			74,836	100.00

Majority			6,867
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: ^[2]

2022 provincial election[change | change source]

4(A)[change | change source]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Radhakrishna Khanal	CPN (UML)	13,951	44.08
	Jhalak Bahadur Magar	CPN (Maoist Centre)	12,373	39.09
	Umanath Damai	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	1,591	5.03
	Hom Prasad Gautam	Hamro Nepali Party	1,346	4.25
	Gondha Tajpuriya	Janamat Party	782	2.47
	Others	1,606	5.07
Total			31,649	100.00

Majority			1,578
	CPN (UML)
Source: ^[2]

4(B)[change | change source]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bhakti Prasad Sitaula	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	19,045	43.40
	Ekraj Upreti	Nepali Congress	15,071	34.34
	Keshav Bajgain	Hamro Nepali Party	4,142	9.44
	Swami Prasad Limbu	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	2,209	5.03
	Ambika Bahadur Tamang	Mongol National Organisation	969	2.21
	Kehar Singh Basnet	Independent	863	1.97
	Others	1,588	3.62
Total			43,887	100.00

Majority			3,974
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Source: ^[2]

Election in the 2010s[change | change source]

2017 legislative elections[change | change source]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Lal Prasad Sawa Limbu	43,515
	Nepali Congress	Deu Kumar Thebe	26,822
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Gyan Bahadur Imbung Limbu	1,132
	Others		2,160
Invalid votes			3,563
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections[change | change source]

4(A)[change | change source]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Jhalak Bahadur Magar	17,256
	Nepali Congress	Kiran Bhattarai	12,481
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Harka Prasad Limbu	1,457
	Others		754
Invalid votes			1,102
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

4(B)[change | change source]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Hari Kumar Thapa	24,901
	Nepali Congress	Uttam Kumar Sharma	14,965
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Surya Narayan Ganesh	1,234
	Others		1,390
Invalid votes			1,661
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election[change | change source]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Prem Bahadur Giri	22,159
	Nepali Congress	Udhhav Thapa	20,177
	UCPN (Maoist)	Purushottam Chudal	6,648
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Pralhad Sapkota	1,839
	Others		2,429
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews^[3]

Election in the 2000s[change | change source]

2008 Constituent Assembly election[change | change source]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Dharma Shila Chapagain	19,289
	Nepali Congress	Chakra Prasad Bastola	15,502
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Devendra Dahal	13,662
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Prem Prasad Dahal	1,847
	Others		3,164
Invalid votes			2,916
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission^[4]

Election in the 1990s[change | change source]

1999 legislative elections[change | change source]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Chakra Prasad Bastola	15,670
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yukta Prasad Bhetwal	15,645
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Bishwa Nath Singh Rajbanshi	6,748
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Radha Krishna Mainali	5,323
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ram Kumar Singh Rajbanshi	2,106
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Dhan Bahadur Tamang	1,305
	Others		598
Invalid Votes			1,323
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission^[5]^[6]

1994 legislative elections[change | change source]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Chakra Prasad Bastola	13,912
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Narayan Singh Rajbanshi	13,668
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Marguv Alam	8,269
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ganesh Prasad Pokharel	3,211
	Others		779
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission^[5]