No candidate has won consecutively in this constituency, which includes Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City and Duduwa Rural Municipality. Therefore, the parties are working to preserve the legacy and create a new history.
What you should know
Banke-2 has been giving unexpected results in every election. It is not seen that the same candidate has won the election consecutively in this constituency. Since it gives different results every time, the competition in this constituency is seen as an interest this time too.
No candidate has won consecutively in this constituency, which includes Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City and Duduwa Rural Municipality. That is why the parties are trying to preserve their legacy and create a new history.
The candidates here have already started their door-to-door campaign. They have been holding voter meetings and campaigning since the morning. This time, 20 candidates from different parties are in the fray in Banke-2.
Former Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala won from this constituency and became the Prime Minister. Apart from Koirala, Rastriya Prajatantra Party General Secretary Dhaval Shamsher Rana and Federal Socialist Forum's Mohammad Istiak Rai were elected from here. This time, Istiak Rai is from UML, Sudhanshu Koirala from Congress, Rishiraj Devkota from RPP, Bivek Shrestha from RSP and Dipendra Bista from Nepali Communist Party are the candidates.
Rai, who was established by the Madhesh movement, has won from this constituency and has become a minister twice. Winning from here has become a matter of prestige for him too. In 2079, Rai, who was a candidate from the Janata Samajwadi Party, was defeated by Rana of the RPP. Rana had won by forming an alliance with the UML. This time, Rana is not a candidate. Devkota has been made a candidate from the RPP.
Former minister Rai has also left the JSP and is contesting the election from the UML. This time, the Congress has made Sudhanshu, the nephew of former Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, a candidate. When four constituencies were formed in the district in 2064, Nepalgunj Bazaar constituency was placed at number 3. Sushil Koirala was defeated by Sarvadev Ojha of the Forum in that election.
In 2079, Rana won by getting 29,578 votes. His rival Rai of the Janata Samajwadi Party got 23,520 votes. Sudip Narsingh Rana of the Congress got 4,403 votes. Binod Agrahari of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) got 1,333 votes. In 2017, Mohammad Istiyak Rai of the Federal Socialist Forum won from this constituency by getting 21,575 votes. Pashupati Dayal Mishra of the UML got 15,951 votes and Om Prakash Azad of the RPP got 12,622 votes.
There are 97,809 voters in this constituency. This time, the Congress is trying to preserve the political legacy of Sushil Koirala. The RPP has also made it a matter of prestige. Rai, who has become a minister, is seeking votes on the basis of the development he has done. The RSP has also aggressively engaged in a campaign this time. The NCP is going door to door. The UML has not won Banke-2 yet. The area is inhabited by a mixed population of hill, Madhesi and Muslim communities.
