Bajura 1 (constituency)

Bajura 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Bajura 1 in Sudurpashchim Province
Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Bajura 1(A) (red) and Bajura 1(B) (blue) within Bajura District
Protected areas in green
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictBajura District
Electorate69,834
Current constituency
Created1991
MPBadri Prasad Pandey (Congress)
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(A)		Bal Dev Regmi (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(B)		Prakash Bahadur Shah (NCP)

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

Incorporated areas

Bajura 1 incorporates the entirety of Bajura District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

  • Bajura 1(A)
  • Bajura 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Dev Raj Joshi Nepali Congress
1994 Hikmat Bahadur Shahi CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
March 1998 CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Janak Raj Giri Nepali Congress
2008 Dev Raj Joshi
2013 Karna Bahadur Thapa CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017 Lal Bahadur Thapa
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Badri Prasad Pandey Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Badri Prasad PandeyNepali Congress31,78654.31
Karna Bahadur ThapaCPN (UML)26,34945.02
Others3940.67
Total58,529100.00
Majority5,437
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lal Bahadur Thapa 28,065
Nepali Congress Kavi Raj Pandit 23,181
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal Dilip Kumar Shahi 465
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Karna Bahadur Thapa 22,458
Nepali Congress Man Bahadur Rawal 18,125
UCPN (Maoist) Sahadev Bojati 5,613
Others 1,395
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dev Raj Joshi 19,271
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Karna Bahadur Thapa 18,469
CPN (Maoist) Min Bahadur Bista 13,155
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Jang Kumar Giri 1,386
Others 2,248
Invalid votes 1,489
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Janak Raj Giri 23,129
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Karna Bahadur Thapa 11,063
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Hikmat Bahadur Shahi 9,110
Others 1,366
Invalid votes 1,100
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hikmat Bahadur Shahi 21,013
Nepali Congress Dev Raj Joshi 19,503
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bijaya Bahadur Shah 1,211
Others 675
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][1]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dev Raj Joshi 17,066
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 12,483
Result Congress gain
Source: [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  3. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.