Banke 1 (constituency)

Banke 1
Parliamentary constituency
Banke 1 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Banke District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj

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

Incorporated areas

Banke 1 incorporates Narainapur Rural Municipality, Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality and Kohalpur Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Banke 1(A)
• Banke 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Syed Mairaj Ahmed Shah	Nepali Congress
	1994	Prem Bahadur Bhandari	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	March 1997		Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)
	1999	Gyanu K.C.	Nepali Congress
	2008	Tilak Pariyar	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Dev Raj Bhar	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	2022	Surya Prasad Dhakal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Krishna K.C. CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Arati Paudel CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Surya Prasad Dhakal	CPN (UML)	25,026	35.34
	Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj	CPN (Maoist Centre)	19,632	27.72
	Suresh Kumar Chaudhary	Nagrik Unmukti Party	11,465	16.19
	Aananda Babu Kafle	Rastriya Swatantra Party	10,071	14.22
	Ram Kumar Yadav	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	2,693	3.80
	Others		1,924	2.72
Total			70,811	100.00
Majority			5,394
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj	31,173
	Nepali Congress	Madhav Ram Khatri	28,217
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Lal Bahadur Shah	4,588
	Others		2,265
Invalid votes			3,592
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Krishna K.C. 13,436 Nepali Congress Sharad Chandra Verma 10,240 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Kamsar Khan 4,553 Others 2,174 Invalid votes 2,304 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Arati Paudel 19,389 Nepali Congress Narayan Prasad Gaudel 15,205 Others 1,333 Invalid votes 1,125 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dev Raj Bhar	13,972
	Nepali Congress	Narayan Prasad Sharma Sigdel	12,429
	UCPN (Maoist)	Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj	7,992
	Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Fula Ram Tharu	4,321
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Prem Bahadur Bhandari	3,919
	Others		4,095
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Tilak Pariyar	16,087
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dev Raj Bhar	9,360
	Nepali Congress	Gajendra Bahadur Hamal	8,485
	Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Fula Ram Tharu	4,616
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Prem Bahadur Bhandari	2,848
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Padam Bahadur Malla	1,601
	Others		2,218
Invalid votes			2,038
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Gyanu K.C.	15,137
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dinesh Chandra Yadav	14,179
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Prem Bahadur Bhandari	7,524
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Chet Bahadur Thapa	5,494
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Raj Pant	1,984
	Independent	Thakur Singh Tharu	1,028
	Others		807
Invalid votes			1,590
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Prem Bahadur Bhandari	15,276
	Nepali Congress	Sanat Kumar Regmi	11,8124
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kali Bahadur Dhital	8,451
	Independent	Yuvaraj Sharma	1,076
	Others		2,286
Result		RPP gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Syed Mairaj Ahmed Shah	14,604
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		7,222
Result		Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

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. "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.

External links

• Constituency map of Banke