Kanchanpur 1 (constituency)

Kanchanpur 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Kanchanpur 1 in Sudurpashchim Province
Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Kanchanpur 1(A) (red) and Kanchanpur 1(B) (blue) within Kanchanpur District
Protected areas in green
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictKanchanpur District
Electorate88,059
Current constituency
Created1991
MPBina Magar (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(A)		Tara Lama Tamang (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(B)		Kulbir Chaudhary (NCP)

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

Incorporated areas

Kanchanpur 1 incorporates Beldani Rural Municipality, Belauri Municipality, Punarbas Municipality and Laljhadi Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

  • Kanchanpur 1(A)
  • Kanchanpur 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Basu Dev Bhatta Nepali Congress
1994 Ram Kumar Gyawali CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Narayan Prakash Saud Nepali Congress
2008 Puran Rana Tharu CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Diwan SIngh Bista Nepali Congress
2017 Bina Magar CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022 Tara Lama Tamang CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Tara Lama TamangCPN (UML)24,94341.47
Bina MagarCPN (Maoist Centre)19,40032.26
Nanda Kumar RanaNagrik Unmukti Party8,68514.44
Dilli Bahadur ShahiRastriya Prajatantra Party3,5395.88
Dev Raj JoshiRastriya Swatantra Party1,9093.17
Others1,6642.77
Total60,140100.00
Majority5,543
CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Bina Magar 38,467
Nepali Congress Diwan Singh Bista 19,219
Others 2,577
Invalid votes 3,032
Result Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Diwan SIngh Bista 10,294
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lal Bahdur Bishwakarma 9,236
UCPN (Maoist) Bina Magar 9,151
Madeshi Janadhikar Forum, Nepal (Loktantrik) Puskal Chaudhary 1,399
Rastriya Janamorcha Raj Bahadur Chaudhary 1,342
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nanda Lal Chataut 1,153
Others 3,473
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Puran Rana Tharu 14,765
Nepali Congress Amar Singh Rana 11,781
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Kumar Gyawali 7,834
Rastriya Janamorcha Lokendra Prasad Lamsal 3,758
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nanda Lal Chataut 1,429
Others 1,982
Invalid votes 1,592
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Narayan Prakash Saud 13,101
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Kumar Gyawali 9,219
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ram Autar Rana 6,397
Rastriya Janamorcha Mewa Ram Chaudhary 5,178
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Babu Ram Adhikari 2,378
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Labru Rana Tharu 1,457
Nepal Dalit Sharmeek Morcha Khadak Bahadur B.K. 1,334
Others 331
Invalid votes 1,561
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Kumar Gyawali 11,425
Nepali Congress Amar Singh Tharu 9,254
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nanda Lal Chataut 5,140
Independent Ganesh Bahadur Thapa 1,402
Others 463
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][1]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Basu Dev Bhatta 15,367
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 10,301
Result Congress gain
Source: [2]

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.
  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. ^ a b "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.