Dhading 1 (constituency) explained

Dhading 1
Type:	Parliamentary
Map Size:	300
Map Year:	2017
District Label:	Province
District:	Bagmati Province
Region Label:	District
Region:	Dhading District
Year:	1991
Party:	Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
Members:	Rajendra Prasad Pandey

Dhading 1 is one of two parliamentary constituencies of Dhading District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.^[1]

Incorporated areas

Dhading 2 parliamentary constituency incorporates Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality, Siddhalek Rural Municipality, Gajuri Rural Municipality, Galchhi Rural Municipality, Thakre Rural Municipality and Dhunibesi Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

Dhading 1(A)
Dhading 1(B)

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1991	Daman Pakhrin Tamang	Nepali Congress
1994	Budhhiman Tamang	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
2008	Pushpa Bikram Malla	CPN (Maoist)
January 2009	Pushpa Bikram Malla	UCPN (Maoist)
2013	Dhan Bahadur Ghale	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017	Bhumi Prasad Tripathi	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022	Rajendra Prasad Pandey	CPN (Unified Socialist)

1(A)

	Member	Party
2017	Rajendra Prasad Pandey	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
August 2021		CPN (Unified Socialist)

1(B)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Shalik Ram Jamkattel	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018	Shalik Ram Jamkattel	Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bhumi Prasad Tripathi	49,121
	Nepali Congress	Bishwa Prasad Aryal	21,968
	Janasamajbadi Party Nepal	Rajan Magar	2,060
	Others		1,021
Invalid votes			4,893
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Dhading 1(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rajendra Prasad Pandey	27,332
	Nepali Congress	Madu Kumar Shreshta	13,647
	Others		891
Invalid votes			1,615
Result		CPN UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Dhading 1(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Shalik Ram Jamkattel	23,382
	Nepali Congress	Prabhat Kiran Subedi	10,407
	Others		517
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dhan Bahadur Ghale	8,663
	Nepali Congress	Tilak Prasad Ruwali	7,656
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Budhhiman Tamang	6,945
	UCPN (Maoist)	Pushpa Bikram Malla	6,697
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bharat Prasad Nepal	1,002
	Others		803
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews^[2]

Election in the 2000s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Pushpa Bikram Malla	29,555
	Nepali Congress	Dil Man Pakhrin	8,940
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Hari Adhikari	7,393
	Rastriya Janashakti Party	Dil Bahadur Lama	1,549
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bharat Prasad Nepal	1,373
	Others		1,168
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission^[3]

Election in the 1990s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Budhhiman Tamang	19,055
	Nepali Congress	Dil Man Pakhrin	17,702
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Hari Adhikari	9,631
	Others		1,300
Invalid Votes			1,151
Result		RPP hold
Source: Election Commission^[4] ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Budhhiman Tamang	18,436
	Nepali Congress	Daman Pakhrin Tamang	10,824
Result		RPP gain
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Daman Pakhrin Tamang	14,157
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa)	Budhhiman Tamang	10,775
Result		Congress gain
Source: http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf

External links

Constituency map of Dhading

Notes and References

News: CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies. en. 2018-04-25.
Web site: 2015-03-25. Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens. 2020-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/Dhading.php#top. 2015-03-25.
Web site: 2009-10-03. Ca Election report. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php. 2009-10-03.
Web site: 2008-01-24. Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php. 2008-01-24.
Web site: Election Results'99. 2020-11-15. nepalresearch.org.