Dhanusha 1 (constituency)

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

Dhanusha 1
Parliamentary constituency
Dhanusha 1 in Madhesh Province
Province	Madhesh Province
District	Dhanusha District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Matrika Prasad Yadav

Incorporated areas

Dhanusha 1 incorporates Ganeshman Charnath Municipality, Dhanushadham Municipality, Sabaila Municipality, wards 1, 3, 4 and 5 of Mithila Bihari Municipality, wards 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 of Hansapur Municipality, ward 4 of Mithila Municipality and wards 8 and 9 of Chhirreshwarnath Municipality

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Madhesh Provincial Assembly segment

• Dhanusha 1(A)
• Dhanusha 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Shivadhari Yadav	Nepali Congress
	1994	Ram Chandra Jha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Smriti Narayan Chaudhary	Nepali Congress
	2008	Ram Chandra Jha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2013	Dinesh Prasad Parsaila Yadav	Nepali Congress
	2017	Matrika Prasad Yadav	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	2022	Dipak Karki	People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Provincial Assembly

1(A Election Member Party 2017 Kishori Sah Kamal CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

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

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Dipak Karki	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	27,431	37.53
	Matrika Prasad Yadav	CPN (Maoist Centre)	21,483	29.39
	Kishori Sah Kamal	Janamat Party	14,467	19.79
	Manoj Malla Thakuri	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	8,273	11.32
	Others		1,444	1.98
Total			73,098	100.00
Majority			5,948
	People's Socialist Party, Nepal gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Matrika Prasad Yadav	26,418
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Deepak Karki	17,296
	Nepali Congress	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	15,679
	Independent	Manoj Malla Thakuri	3,492
	Others		1,812
Invalid votes			4,471
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kishori Sah Kamal 14,209 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Shyam Narayan Yadav 8,911 Nepali Congress Prem Kishore Prasad Sohteli 6,714 Independent Jaya Kumar Yadav 1,857 Others 1,663 Invalid votes 2,013 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Ram Chandra Mandal 13,468 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Rita Yadav 9,865 Nepali Congress Ram Udaya Yadav 7,628 Others 1,041 Invalid votes 1,706 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dinesh Prasad Parsaila Yadav	8,827
	Independent	Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav	7,946
	UCPN (Maoist)	Ram Chandra Jha	5,310
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ratneshwor Goit Yadav	4,175
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Uma Shankar Argariya	3,137
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Arun Singh Mandal Dhanuk	1,327
	Others		4,085
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Chandra Jha	12,183
	CPN (Maoist)	Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav	9,608
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Gajadhar Rohita Yadav	6,210
	Nepali Congress	Smriti Narayan Chaudhary	5,354
	Others		4,733
Invalid votes			2,932
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Smriti Narayan Chaudhary	20,095
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Chandra Jha	18,352
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ratneshwor Goit	7,228
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Guru Sharan Rohita	1,035
	Others		1,377
Invalid Votes			1,457
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Chandra Jha	20,749
	Nepali Congress	Shiva Dhari Yadav	14,317
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Madan Giri	4,677
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Pradip Goit	1,637
	Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal	Asarphi Minbar	1,636
	Others		647
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Shivadhari Yadav	16,616
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yogendra Shah	16,371
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 Dhanusha