The election in Saptari-2, which has become a matter of prestige for the old candidates, is a test for the new generation.
What you should know
Election activity is increasing in Saptari Constituency No. 2 for the upcoming House of Representatives elections to be held on Falgun 2.
Here, the election atmosphere has become interesting as both old and new candidates have girded their loins for the elections. For the old, victory and defeat have become a matter of prestige. For the new generation, this election is a test.
They are currently busy door-to-door canvassing to please voters. Looking back at the 2079 election in this region, Janmat Party Chairman Dr. Chandrakant (CK) Raut and Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Nepal Chairman Upendra Yadav contested the election.
When Dr. Raut was elected with 35,042 votes, his rival Yadav received 16,979 votes. In the previous election in 2074, Upendra Yadav was elected in this region. When Yadav was elected with 21,620 votes, his rival Umesh Kumar Yadav of the then CPN-Maoist Center received 11,579 votes.
Umesh, who won the Constituent Assembly elections from the Maoists in 2070 and also became the Minister of Irrigation, is now a candidate from JSP Nepal from this region, while Janmat Chairman Dr. Raut is also in the fray from this region for the second time.
Former Chief Minister Satish Kumar Singh is also in the fray from this region after resigning from Raut's party and the post of Provincial Assembly member. This time, former Chief Minister Singh, who filed his candidacy from the Swabhiman Party, which is coordinated by his own brother Satyawan Singh, was elected to the Provincial Assembly from the Janmat Party in 2079 BS by getting 16,434 votes from 2(1).
The changing political equation and the pressure of generational change are also visible in this region. As the election fever increases, the debate on generational change is now gaining priority among voters from villages to cities. However, how many points will the new generation candidates get in this region, where 'heavyweights' are facing off? That remains to be seen.
Here, looking at the new generation candidates up to the age of 35, there are the National Independent Party (NIP), UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NMP), Sarvabhoum Nagarik Party and Aam Janata Party (AJP) and 7 independents. Ramji Yadav, 30, from NMP, Mohammad Safid Rahman, 33, from UML, Ajay Kumar Das, 27, from RPP, Nilam Kumari Yadav, 25, from NMP, Deepak Kumar Mandal, 33, from Sarvabhoum Nagarik and Sunil Raj Das, 32, from AJP are in the fray.
Here, Jitendra Kumar Yadav, 30, from Independents, Parshamani Yadav, 29, Sanjay Kumar Chaudhary, 33, Abhinash Kumar Singh, 35, Prem Kumar Yadav, 34, Bisheshwor Yadav and 32, Sushila Kumari Sah have filed their candidacies.
How many voters were added?
There are 37 wards in this constituency, including Rajbiraj Municipality and Tilathi Koiladi, Mahadeva and Chinnamasta Rural Municipality. While the number of voters increased by 27,393 compared to the 2079 election, 4,05 voters, including 1,974 males and 2,311 females, have been added to Rajbiraj.
In Tilathi Koiladi, 1,150 males and 1,290 females have been added to 2,044, in Mahadeva, 930 males and 946 females have been added to 1,876, and in Chinnamasta, 9,060 males and 837 females have been added to 1,743.
Adding the additional voters, Rajbiraj has 23,977 males, 21,265 females and two others, making it 45,244; Tilathi Koiladi has 11,779 males and 10,179 females, making it 21,888; Mahadeva has 18,968 males and 8,945 females, making it 10,691 males and 9,131 females, making it 19,822. There are a total of 1 lakh 5,922 voters in this area, including 56,400 males, 49,520 females and two others.
