Gorkha 1 (constituency)
Gorkha 1 | |
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Parliamentary Constituency for the House of Representatives | |
Province | Gandaki Province |
District | Gorkha District |
Electorate | 98,622 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1991 |
MP | Hari Raj Adhikari (NCP) |
Gandaki MPA 1(A) | Lekha Bahadur Thapa Magar (NCP) |
Gandaki MPA 1(B) | 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
- Gorkha 1(A)
- Gorkha 1(B)
Members of Parliament[]
Parliament/Constituent Assembly[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1991 | Chiranjibi Wagle | Nepali Congress | |
2008 | Parbati Thapa Shrestha | CPN (Maoist) | |
January 2009 | UCPN (Maoist) | ||
2013 | Dr. Baburam Bhattarai | ||
September 2015 | Vacant[2] | ||
2017 | Hari Raj Adhikari | CPN (Maoist Centre) | |
May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party |
Provincial Assembly[]
1(A)[]
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1(B)[]
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Election results[]
Election in the 2010s[]
2017 legislative elections[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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CPN (Maoist Centre) | Hari Raj Adhikari | 29,860 | |
Nepali Congress | Chinkaji Shrestha | 26,643 | |
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Narayan Babu Acharya | 1,639 | |
Others | 1,242 | ||
Invalid votes | 4,320 | ||
Result | Maoist Centre hold | ||
Source: Election Commission |
2017 Nepalese provincial elections[]
1(A)[]
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1(B)[]
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2013 Constituent Assembly election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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UCPN (Maoist) | Dr. Baburam Bhattarai | 22,824 | |
Nepali Congress | Kiran Babu Shrestha | 8,971 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Sharan Basnet | 4,944 | |
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Narayan Babu Acharya | 1,557 | |
Others | 866 | ||
Result | Maoist hold | ||
Source: NepalNews[3] |
Election in the 2000s[]
2008 Constituent Assembly election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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CPN (Maoist) | Parbati Thapa Shrestha | 40,606 | |
Nepali Congress | Chiranjibi Wagle | 9,142 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Baburam Thapa | 4,339 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rudra Raj Pandey | 1,436 | |
Others | 940 | ||
Invalid votes | 1,832 | ||
Result | Maoist gain | ||
Source: Election Commission[4] |
Election in the 1990s[]
1999 legislative elections[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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Nepali Congress | Chiranjibi Wagle | 17,305 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Sharan Basnet | 13,438 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Narayan Malla | 5,641 | |
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Surendra Bahadur Thapa | 2,580 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Rajeshwar Devkota | 1,733 | |
Rastriya Janamukti Party | Bhaikaji Rana | 1,128 | |
Others | 290 | ||
Invalid Votes | 1,478 | ||
Result | Congress hold | ||
Source: Election Commission[5][6] |
1994 legislative elections[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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Nepali Congress | Chiranjibi Wagle | 13,223 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Narayan Malla | 11,236 | |
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rishi Ram Sharma | 4,426 | |
Independent | Chet Bahadur Rana | 1,820 | |
Others | 1,420 | ||
Result | Congress hold | ||
Source: Election Commission[5] |
1991 legislative elections[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | |
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Nepali Congress | Chiranjibi Wagle | 15,496 | |
Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal | 12,986 | ||
Result | Congress gain | ||
Source: [1] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Baburam Bhattarai severs ties with UCPN-Maoist, resigns from Parliament also, to remain as independent citizen for now". The Himalayan Times. 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
External links[]
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
- 1991 establishments in Nepal
- Gorkha District
- Constituencies established in 1991