Kapilvastu 1 (constituency)

Kapilvastu 1
Parliamentary constituency
Kapilvastu 1 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Kapilvastu District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Chakrapani Khanal

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

Incorporated areas

Kapilvastu 1 incorporates Suddhodhan Rural Municipality, Mayadevi Rural Municipality, Banganga Municipality and wards 8–11 of Kapilvastu Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Kapilvastu 1(A)
• Kapilvastu 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Kamlesh Kumar Sharma	Nepali Congress
	1999	Dan Bahadur Chaudhary	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Deep Kumar Upadhyaya	Nepali Congress
	2013	Bal Ram Adhikari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Chakrapani Khanal	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	2022	Balram Adhikari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Bishnu Prasad Panthi CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Sahas Ram Yadav Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Balram Adhikari	CPN (UML)	34,675	40.06
	Chakrapani Khanal	CPN (Maoist Centre)	18,983	21.93
	Narendra Prasad Chaudhary	Janamat Party	8,396	9.70
	Ram Milan Tharu	Nagrik Unmukti Party	6,075	7.02
	Dhruba Bahadur Rayamajhi	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	4,341	5.02
	Sanju Singh Bista	Rastriya Swatantra Party	3,376	3.90
	Devendra Kumar Sharma	Hamro Nepali Party	2,508	2.90
	Tapesari Kahara	Bahujan Shakti Party	2,248	2.60
	Lalit Gurung	Independent	2,217	2.56
	Yuvaraj Sharma Acharya	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	1,093	1.26
	Others		2,637	3.05
Total			86,549	100.00
Majority			15,692
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Chakrapani Khanal	29,799
	Nepali Congress	Deep Kumar Upadhyaya	28,853
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Abdul Rashid Khan	11,812
	Naya Shakti Party, Nepal	Dan Bahadur Kurmi	4,689
	Janasamjbadi Party Nepal	Chet Narayan Upadhayay Panthi	2,346
	Others		3,488
Invalid votes			4,474
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bishnu Prasad Panthi 25,527 Nepali Congress Purna Prasad Chaudhary 16,683 Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch (Tharuhat) Dinesh Prasad Kalwar 3,958 Others 3,402 Invalid votes 1,909 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Sahas Ram Yadav 7,398 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Madhusudan Sharan Kurmi 6,064 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Fazloor Rehman 4,872 Independent Asraruddin Musalman 3,643 Nepali Congress Rajesh Acharya 2,955 Bahujan Shakti Party Ram Newas Harijan 1,894 Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) Rajesh Singh 1,894 Independent Dipendra Kumar Chaudhary 1,368 Others 1,387 Invalid votes 2,563 Result FSFN gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bal Ram Adhikari	16,547
	Nepali Congress	Deep Kumar Upadhyaya	13,526
	UCPN (Maoist)	Chakrapani Khanal	5,850
	Tharuhat Terai Party Nepal	Jwahar Lal Chaudhary	4,719
	Others		2,944
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Deep Kumar Upadhyaya	12,997
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bal Ram Adhikari	12,802
	CPN (Maoist)	Chandra Bahadur Chand	11,730
	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	Jit Bahadur Chaudhary	3,912
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bishnu Raj Aryal	1,200
	Rastriya Janamorcha	Girdhari Lal Neupane	1,002
	Others		3,301
Invalid votes			2,129
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dan Bahadur Chaudhary	14,494
	Nepali Congress	Kamalesh Kumar Sharma	13,534
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Dr. Guru Prasad Rajauriya	9,227
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Megh Raj Gyawali	3,588
	Others		2,676
Invalid votes			1,175
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Kamlesh Kumar Sharma	11,558
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Tika Ram Aryal	7,370
	Independent		6,585
	Nepal Sadbhavana Party	Dan Bahadur Kurmi	6,490
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ram Savaro Prasad Chaudhary	3,076
	Others		873
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Kamlesh Kumar Sharma	13,329
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		5,591
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 Kapilvastu