Bardiya 1 (constituency)

Bardiya 1
Parliamentary constituency
Bardiya 1 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Bardiya District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Sanjay Kumar Gautam

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

Incorporated areas

Bardiya 1 incorporates Bansgadhi Municipality, Bedhaiyatal Rural Municipality, Gulariya Municipality and wards 4–11of Barbardiya Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Bardiya 1(A)
• Bardiya 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Bam Dev Gautam	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	March 1998		CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Kashi Paudel	Nepali Congress
	2008	Sarala Regmi	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Bam Dev Gautam	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2014 by-election	Shyam Prasad Dhakal
	2017	Sanjay Kumar Gautam	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Kabi Ram Tharu CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Tilak Ram Sharma CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sanjay Kumar Gautam	Nepali Congress	30,611	31.24
	Laxman Raj Gyawali	CPN (UML)	26,155	26.69
	Thakur Singh Tharu	Nagrik Unmukti Party	23,993	24.49
	Prabesh Bhusal	Rastriya Swatantra Party	11,004	11.23
	Sohrab Pathan	Janamat Party	2,355	2.40
	Surya Bahadur Singh	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,266	2.31
	Resham Bahadur Khatri	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	1,000	1.02
	Others		597	0.61
Total			97,981	100.00
Majority			4,456
	Nepali Congress hold
Source: [2]

Elections in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Sanjay Kumar Gautam	44,829
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bam Dev Gautam	44,076
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Nar Bahadur Bohora	2,372
	Others		2,228
Invalid votes			5,948
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kabi Ram Tharu 23,560 Nepali Congress Sode Bista 21,193 CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Ramesh Kumar Sharma 1,130 Others 1,455 Invalid votes 2,039 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Tilak Ram Sharma 23,392 Nepali Congress Mangal Prasad Tharu 20,841 Rastriya Prajatantra Party Mangare Godiya 1,306 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Krishna Prasad Ahir 1,094 Others 647 Invalid votes 2,664 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2014 by-elections

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Shyam Prasad Dhakal	CPN (UML)	16,696	40.02
	Sode Bista	Nepali Congress	11,355	27.22
	Bhuwan Kumar Tharu	UCPN (Maoist)	11,031	26.44
	Govinda Prasad Tharu	MJFN (D)	1,596	3.83
	Bhim Bahadur Chand	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	1,041	2.50
Total			41,719	100.00
Valid votes			41,719	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			41,719	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			58,443	71.38
Majority			5,341
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [3]

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bam Dev Gautam	18,347
	UCPN (Maoist)	Bhuwan Kumar Tharu	11,628
	Nepali Congress	Bhuwaneshwar Chaudhary	8,598
	Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Thakur Singh Tharu	1,174
	Others		3,595
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[4]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Sarala Regmi	17,955
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bam Dev Gautam	13,773
	Nepali Congress	Malati Sodari	6,831
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Govinda Prasad Tharu	2,324
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Nar Bahadur Bohora	1,815
	Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Thakur Singh Tharu	1,340
	Others		1,154
Invalid votes			1,163
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Kashi Paudel	17,219
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bam Dev Gautam	13,247
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Gobinda Prasad Koirala	10,885
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Gaurav Chand	1,646
	Others		2,774
Invalid votes			1,490
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[6][7]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bam Dev Gautam	16,933
	Nepali Congress	Phul Ram Tharu	10,949
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Thakur Singh Tharu	5,757
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[6]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bam Dev Gautam	16,486
	Nepali Congress		11,712
Result		CPN (UML) 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. "Observation Newsletter #8-9" (in Nepali). Nepal: Nepal Election Observation Committee. June 2014.
4. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
5. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
6. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
7. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

• Constituency map of Bardiya