Kaski 1 (constituency)

Kaski 1
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Kaski 1 in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Kaski 1(A) and Kaski 1(B) within Kaski District
Province	Gandaki Province
District	Kaski District
Electorate	96,084
Current constituency
Created	1991
MP	Khagaraj Adhikari (NCP)
Gandaki MPA 1(A)	Dipak Koirala (NCP)
Gandaki MPA 1(B)	Man Bahadur Gurung (NCP)

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

Incorporated areas

Kaski 1 incorporates Rupa Rural Municipality, Madi Rural Municipality and wards 10, 12–14 and 27–32 of Pokhara Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

• Kaski 1(A)
• Kaski 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Tara Nath Ranabhat	Nepali Congress
	1994	Khag Raj Adhikari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Tara Nath Ranabhat	Nepali Congress
	2008	Dev Prasad Gurung	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2009 by-election	Krishna Bahadur Gurung
	2013	Yagya Bahadur Thapa	Nepali Congress
	2017	Khag Raj Adhikari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Man Bahadur Gurung

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Dipak Koirala CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Man Bahadur Gurung CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Man Bahadur Gurung	CPN (UML)	25,708	39.47
	Kishore Dutt Baral	Nepali Congress	23,189	35.60
	Raju Rai	Rastriya Swatantra Party	10,941	16.80
	Surta Bahadur Gurung	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3,008	4.62
	Pramod Acharya	Hamro Nepali Party	1,029	1.58
	Others		1,262	1.94
Total			65,137	100.00
Majority			2,519
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

1(A) Candidate Party Votes % Khagaraj Adhikari CPN (UML) 15,623 44.00 Dipak Koirala CPN (Maoist Centre) 11,627 32.74 Madan Bahadur K.C. Hamro Nepali Party 3,629 10.22 Baburam Thapa Rastriya Prajatantra Party 3,534 9.95 Others 1,095 3.08 Total 35,508 100.00 Majority 3,996 CPN (UML) Source: [2]

1(B) Candidate Party Votes % Bed Bahadur Gurung CPN (UML) 12,661 41.40 Dipak Gurung Nepali Congress 11,794 38.57 Mahendra Bahadur Karki Rastriya Prajatantra Party 3,656 11.96 Mahesh Shrestha Hamro Nepali Party 1,549 5.07 Others 921 3.01 Total 30,581 100.00 Majority 867 CPN (UML) Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Khag Raj Adhikari	39,242
	Nepali Congress	Yagya Bahadur Thapa	25,826
	Others		2,418
Invalid votes			1,612
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Dipak Koirala 18,727 Nepali Congress Jiwan Pariyar 15,081 Others 2,462 Invalid votes 632 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Man Bahadur Gurung 17,249 Nepali Congress Krishna Bahadur K.C. 13,102 Others 1,173 Invalid votes 661 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Yagya Bahadur Thapa	15,832
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Man Bahadur G.C.	15,560
	UCPN (Maoist)	Bishnu Paudel	6,475
	Others		2,807
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2009 by-elections

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Krishna Bahadur Gurung	UCPN (Maoist)	12,257	29.61
	Dipak Bahadur Gurung	Nepali Congress	12,225	29.54
	Shaligram Poudel	CPN (UML)	11,118	26.86
	Teknath Bhandari	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	1,210	2.92
	Others	4,580	11.07
Total			41,390	100.00
Valid votes			41,390	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			41,390	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			92,528	44.73
Majority			32
	UCPN (Maoist) hold
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Dev Prasad Gurung	17,409
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Khag Raj Adhikari	14,886
	Nepali Congress	Yagya Bahadur Thapa	14,293
	Others		1,667
Invalid votes			1,706
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[6]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Tara Nath Ranabhat	23,939
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Khag Raj Adhikari	20,136
	Independent	Dal Bahadur Gurung	2,394
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Rabindra Prasad Adhikari	1,752
	Others		756
Invalid Votes			710
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[7][8]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Khag Raj Adhikari	19,965
	Nepali Congress	Tara Nath Ranabhat	18,714
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Krishna Bahadur Gurung	11,236
	Others		572
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[7]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Tara Nath Ranabhat	20,416
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		18,683
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. "उपनिर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरु संविधान सभा सदस्यमा निर्वाचित भएको नामावली". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
5. Constituent Assembly By-election-2009 Observation Report (in Nepali). National Election Observation Committee (Nepal). 2009.
6. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
7. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
8. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

• Constituency map of Kaski