Okhaldhunga 1 (constituency) explained

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

Incorporated areas

Okhaldhunga 1 incorporates the entirety of Okhaldhunga District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

• Okhaldhunga 1(A)
• Okhaldhunga 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Bal Raj Karki	Nepali Congress
	1994	Chandra Kanta Dahal
	1999	Hom Nath Dahal
	2008	Keshav Rai	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Yagya Raj Sunuwar	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	2022	Ram Hari Khatiwada	Nepali Congress

1(A

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Rajan Rai	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

1(B)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Ram Kumar Rai	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yagya Raj Sunuwar	32,580
	Nepali Congress	Ram Hari Khatiwada	27,327
	Others		1,781
Invalid votes			4,095
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

1(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ambir Babu Gurung	18,908
	Nepali Congress	Mitra Sen Dahal	11,906
	Others		651
Invalid votes			1,121
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

1(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	Mohan Kumar Khadka	15,485
	Nepali Congress	Pradip Kumar Sunuwar	13,711
	Independent	Gyanendra Rumdali	1,858
	Others		609
Invalid votes			1,504
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yagya Raj Sunuwar	12,943
	Nepali Congress	Bal Krishna Dahal	9,943
	UCPN (Maoist)	Keshav Rai	2,963
	Others		1,869
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

Election in the 2000s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Keshav Rai	11,635
	Nepali Congress	Bal Krishna Dahal	9,054
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yagya Raj Sunuwar	8,920
	Others		1,921
Invalid votes			1,488
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

Election in the 1990s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Hom Nath Dahal	16,111
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Chabbi Lal Karki	10,282
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Champak Sunuwar	3,188
	Independent	Ambir Babu Gurung	2,446
	Others		554
Invalid Votes			815
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4] [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Chandra Kanta Dahal	8,691
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Prem Narayan Premi	7,587
	Independent	Gopal Rai	5,708
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bhola Man Singh	4,017
	Others		905
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bal Raj Karki	19,228
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Peshal Kumar Khatiwada	6,056
Result		Congress gain
Source: http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

External links

• Constituency map of Okhaldhunga

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.