Eastern Rukum 1 (constituency)

Eastern Rukum 1
Parliamentary constituency
Eastern Rukum 1 in Lumbini Province
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictEastern Rukum District
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentKamala Roka

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

Incorporated areas

Eastern Rukum 1 incorporates the entirety of Eastern Rukum District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Eastern Rukum 1(A)
  • Eastern Rukum 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
2017 Kamala Rokka CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022 Purna Bahadur Gharti

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Purna Bahadur GhartiCPN (Maoist Centre)12,26262.17
Kailash Kumar MallaCPN (UML)5,21126.42
Others2,24911.40
Total19,722100.00
Majority7,051
CPN (Maoist Centre)
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Kamala Rokka 10,434
Nepali Congress Harishankar Gharti Magar 4,406
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal Jitman Pun 1,489
Others 587
Result Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

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.