The 2024 Ilam–2 by-election was held in the Ilam 2 constituency of Nepal on 27 April 2024.[2][3] The by-election was held as the result of the death of the sitting member, Subas Chandra Nembang, chairman of the Constituent Assembly and vice–chair of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML), on 12 September 2023.[4] It was held alongside by-election in the provincial assembly seat of Bajhang 1 (A).[5]
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| Turnout | 60%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Ilam 2 in Koshi Province | |||||||||||||||||||||
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CPN (UML)'s Suhang Nembang was elected in the by-election, succeeding his late father.[6][7]
Background
First elected to Rastriya Sabha, the upper house of the parliament of the then-Kingdom of Nepal, in 1991, Nembang served as the Minister of State for Law, Justice, Parliamentary Affairs and General Administration from 1994 to 1995 during the premiership of Man Mohan Adhikari. After the 1999 general election, he was successful in his move to the lower house, elected from Ilam 2, a seat he then represented until his death in 2023. He served as Speaker of the re-instated Pratinidhi Sabha in 2007 and was the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly from 2008 to 2015. Nembang died from a heart attack on 12 September 2023, aged 70.[8]
2022 election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Subas Chandra Nembang | CPN (UML) | 30,020 | 45.36 | |
| Dambar Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress | 29,906 | 45.19 | |
| Prakash Sapkota | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 1,380 | 2.09 | |
| Mani Bahadur Limbu | Mongol National Organisation | 1,363 | 2.06 | |
| Khadga Prasad Palungwa | Rastriya Janamukti Party | 1,272 | 1.92 | |
| Others | 2,244 | 3.39 | ||
| Total | 66,185 | 100.00 | ||
| Majority | 114 | |||
| CPN (UML) hold | ||||
| Source: [9] | ||||
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
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| Suhang Nembang | CPN (UML) | 27,772 | 40.56 | -4.8 | |
| Dambar Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress | 21,942 | 32.05 | -13.14 | |
| Dakendra Singh Limbu | Independent | 11,457 | 16.73 | New | |
| Milan Limbu | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 5,050 | 7.38 | +5.29 | |
| Mani Kumar Limbu | Mongol National Organisation | 816 | 1.19 | -0.87 | |
| Others | 1,435 | 2.10 | -3.21 | ||
| Total | 68,472 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 68,472 | 98.70 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 902 | 1.30 | |||
| Total votes | 69,374 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 115,889 | 59.86 | |||
| Majority | 5,830 | ||||
| CPN (UML) hold | |||||
| Source: [10] | |||||