Jhapa – 5 | 1999 House of Representatives Election Results
There were 45,942 votes casted during 1999 House of Representatives elections in Jhapa District, Constituency No. 5. The candidte of Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) - Tara Sam Yongya secured 19,199 (41.79%) votes and secured victory in the election. The runner-up candidate was Santosh Kumar Meinyngbo of Nepali Congress Party who secured 16,651 (36.24%) votes and came in second position. The difference in votes of Tara Sam Yongya and Santosh Kumar Meinyngbo was 2,548. All other candidates secured 10,092 (21.97%) votes.
As illustrated in the pie-chart above, the candidates who lost the election secured 26,743 (58.21%) votes as compared to votes secured by elected candidate Tara Sam Yongya, which was 19,199 (41.79%) votes.
Detailed Election Results are illustrated in the table below:
| Rank | Name | Political Party | Gender | Age | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tara Sam Yongya | Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | N/A | N/A | 19,199 | 41.79% |
| 2 | Santosh Kumar Meinyngbo | Nepali Congress Party | N/A | N/A | 16,651 | 36.24% |
| 3 | Nitya Nand Tajpuriya | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | N/A | N/A | 3,492 | 7.60% |
| 4 | Chandra Prasad Yongya | Rastriya Janamukti Party | N/A | N/A | 2,491 | 5.42% |
| 5 | Jung Prasad Chemjong | Nepal Communist Party (M.L) | N/A | N/A | 1,896 | 4.13% |
| 6 | Luxmi Prasad Odari | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | N/A | N/A | 1,557 | 3.39% |
| 7 | Hemant Bahadur Bohara | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | N/A | N/A | 246 | 0.54% |
| 8 | Surya Prasad Rai | Janamukti Party Nepal | N/A | N/A | 243 | 0.53% |
| 9 | Radha Krishna Acharya | Sanyunkta Janamorcha Nepal | N/A | N/A | 167 | 0.36% |
Please, note that details candidates who contested in the election may not be available due to lack of election data. If you found N/A in the table above in any column, that means the information is not available at present. If the age of a candidate is given in the table, that should be considered as the age of candidate at the time of filing nomination for the election, but not the current age.
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Milan Karki
Milan Karki is a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), Management Consultant, Legal Analyst, Software Developer, Researcher & Writer based in New York, USA. He is operating investment advisory and management consulting firm in USA. He holds MBA from Canada, and currently studying Ph.D. in finance in USA. He has written several books in English and Nepali languages. He is originally from Nepal.
