Kailali 1 (constituency)

Kailali 1
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Kailali 1 in Sudurpashchim Province Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Kailali 1(A) (red) and Kailali 1(B) within Kailali District
Province	Sudurpashchim Province
District	Kailali District
Electorate	93,672
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nagrik Unmukti Party
MP	Ranjeeta Shrestha
Sudurpashchim MPA 1(A)	Kailash Chaudhary (NUP)
Sudurpashchim MPA 1(B)	Laxman Kishor Chaudhary (NUP)

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

Incorporated areas

Kailali 1 incorporates Joshipur Rural Municipality, Tikapur Municipality, wards 6 and 8 of Bhajani Municipality and wards 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of Janaki Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

• Kailali 1(A)
• Kailali 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament, Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Ganga Bahadur Kunwar	Nepali Congress
	1994	Himanchal Raj Bhattarai	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Sushila Swar	Nepali Congress
	2008	Rupa Chaudhary	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Janak Raj Chaudhary	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
	April 2017		Nepal Loktantrik Forum
	2017	Resham Lal Chaudhary	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
	April 2020		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
	August 2021		Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
	2022	Ranjeeta Shrestha	Nagrik Unmukti Party

Provincial Assembly

1(A)

Election Member Party 2017 Krishna Bahadur Chaudhary Rastriya Janata Party Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal August 2021 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Rana Bahadur Rawal Nepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ranjeeta Shrestha	Nagrik Unmukti Party	30,404	49.94
	Ram Janam Chaudhary	Nepali Congress	18,081	29.70
	Tapendra Bahadur Rawal	CPN (UML)	5,910	9.71
	Lokendra Kunwar	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3,648	5.99
	Tanka Prasda Jaishi	Rastriya Swatantra Party	1,869	3.07
	Others		966	1.59
Total			60,878	100.00
Majority			12,323
	Nagrik Unmukti Party gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Resham Lal Chaudhary	34,341
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Madan Kumari Shah	13,406
	Nepali Congress	Ishwari Neupane	11,203
	Others		1,741
Invalid votes			3,648
Result		RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Krishna Bahadur Chaudhary 12,184 Nepali Congress Janak Raj Chaudhary 9,308 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lal Bir Chaudhary 3,747 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Chandra Prakash Chaudhary 2,681 Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) Bhim Bahadur Bam 1,529 Independent Gaya Prasad Kushmi 1,210 Others 1,208 Invalid votes 1,832 Result RJPN gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Rana Bahadur Rawal 9,434 CPN (Maoist Centre) Nep Bahadur Tharu 8,906 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Laxman Kishor Chaudhary 8,845 Others 1,689 Invalid votes 1,713 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Janak Raj Chaudhary	11,294
	Nepali Congress	Rana Bahadur Rawal	9,140
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Prem Bahadur Saud	6,977
	UCPN (Maoist)	Ful Ram Dagaura Tharu	4,650
	Sadbhavana Party	Resham Lal Chaudhary	2,638
	Others		3,357
Result		MJFN (D) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Rupa Chaudhary	21,780
	Nepali Congress	Fakeer Singh Kadayat	8,515
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Madan Kumar Shah	6,404
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Jagat Bahadur Bogati	1,893
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary	1,615
	Independent	Resham Lal Chaudhary	1,083
	Others		3,309
Invalid votes			1,971
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Sushila Swar	15,700
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Himanchal Raj Bhattarai	9,124
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Nain Bahadur Swar	7,880
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Nawal Singh Rawal	7,762
	Independent	Balaram Singh Rathore	1,167
	Others		2,968
Invalid Votes			3,004
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Himanchal Raj Bhattarai	8,493
	Nepali Congress	Keshar Singh Khadayat	7,441
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Nain Bahadur Swar	6,700
	Independent	Kaiya Chaudhary	5,660
	Others		383
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ganga Bahadur Kunwar	20,955
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa)		7,430
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 Kailali