Gorkha 1 (constituency) explained

Gorkha 1
Type:Parliamentary
Parl Name:House of Representatives
Map Size:300
Map Year:2017
District Label:Province
District:Gandaki Province
Region Label:District
Region:Gorkha District
Electorate:98,622
Year:1991
Party:Nepali Congress
Members Label:MP
Members:Rajendra Bajgain
Blank1 Name:Gandaki
MPA 1(A)
Blank1 Info:Lekha Bahadur Thapa Magar (NCP)
Blank2 Name:Gandaki
MPA 1(B)
Blank2 Info:Ram Sharan Basnet (NCP)

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

Incorporated areas

Gorkha 1 incorporates Tshum Nubri Rural Municipality, Dharche Rural Municipality, Arughat Rural Municipality, Bhimsen Rural Municipality, Gandaki Rural Municipality, Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality and wards 1–7 of Gorkha Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1991Chiranjibi WagleNepali Congress
2008Parbati Thapa ShresthaCPN (Maoist)
January 2009UCPN (Maoist)
2013Dr. Baburam Bhattarai
2017Hari Raj AdhikariCPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
March 2021CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022Rajendra BajgaiNepali Congress

1(A)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Lekh Bahadur Thapa MagarCPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

1(B)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Ram Sharan BasnetCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

1(B)

Election in the 2010s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist Centre)Hari Raj Adhikari29,860
Nepali CongressChinkaji Shrestha26,643
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Narayan Babu Acharya1,639
Others1,242
Invalid votes4,320
ResultMaoist Centre hold
Source: Election Commission
1(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)Lekh Bahadur Thapa Magar16,558
Nepali CongressDhiran Thapa14,019
Others548
Invalid votes1,359
ResultMaoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission
1(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Sharan Basnet16,656
Nepali CongressRajendra Bajgain13,001
Mongol National OrganisationPrasad Gurung138
Invalid votes1,256
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
UCPN (Maoist)Dr. Baburam Bhattarai22,824
Nepali CongressKiran Babu Shrestha8,971
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Sharan Basnet4,944
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Narayan Babu Acharya1,557
Others866
ResultMaoist hold
Source: NepalNews[2]

Election in the 2000s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist)Parbati Thapa Shrestha40,606
Nepali CongressChiranjibi Wagle9,142
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Baburam Thapa4,339
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRudra Raj Pandey1,436
Others940
Invalid votes1,832
ResultMaoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

Election in the 1990s

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressChiranjibi Wagle17,305
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Sharan Basnet13,438
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyNarayan Malla5,641
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Surendra Bahadur Thapa2,580
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)Rajeshwar Devkota1,733
Rastriya Janamukti PartyBhaikaji Rana1,128
Others290
Invalid Votes1,478
ResultCongress hold
Source: Election Commission[4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressChiranjibi Wagle13,223
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyNarayan Malla11,236
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rishi Ram Sharma4,426
IndependentChet Bahadur Rana1,820
Others1,420
ResultCongress hold
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressChiranjibi Wagle15,496
Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal12,986
ResultCongress gain
Source: http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies. en. 2018-04-25.
  2. 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/bhaktapur.php#top. 2015-03-25.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: Election Results'99. 2020-11-15. nepalresearch.org.

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