Sindhupalchok 1 (constituency)

Sindhupalchok 1
Parliamentary constituency
Sindhupalchok 1 in Bagmati Province
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Sindhupalchok District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Member of Parliament	Madhav Sapkota

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

Incorporated areas

Sindhupalchok 1 parliamentary constituency incorporates Jugal Rural Municipality, Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality, Trupurasundari Rural Municipality, Lisangkhu Pakhar Rural Municipality, Sunkoshi Rural Municipality, Balephi Rural Municipality, Barhabise Municipality and, wards 2–4, 9 and 10 of Chautera Sangachokgadhi Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

• Sindhupalchok 1(A)
• Sindhupalchok 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Amrit Kumar Bohora	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	Nepali Congress
	2008	Raj Kumar Shrestha	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	Nepali Congress
	2017	Agni Prasad Sapkota	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	2022	Madhav Sapkota

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Arun Prasad Nepal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Suresh Nepal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Madhav Sapkota	CPN (Maoist Centre)	30,408	46.05
	Suresh Nepal	CPN (UML)	27,066	40.99
	Dinesh Shrestha	Rastriya Swatantra Party	3,503	5.31
	Narayan Pandey	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,651	2.50
	Krishna Bahadur Thakuri	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	1,111	1.68
	Others		2,289	3.47
Total			66,028	100.00
Majority			3,342
	CPN (Maoist Centre) hold
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Agni Prasad Sapkota	40,504
	Nepali Congress	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	29,795
	Janasamjbadi Party Nepal	Hasta Bahadur Bishwakarma	1,702
	Others		1,244
Invalid votes			5,448
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Sindhupalchok 1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Arun Prasad Nepal 21,712 Nepali Congress Bishnu Bahadur Khatri 14,633 Others 1,116 Invalid votes 2,231 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

Sindhupalchok 1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Saresh Nepal 22,837 Nepali Congress Rajendra Kumar Shrestha 12,187 Others 1,519 Invalid votes 2,315 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	15,021
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Arun Prasad Nepal	14,989
	UCPN (Maoist)	Saral Sahayatri Paudel	10,330
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Dharma Raj Bhandari	6,567
	Others		1,428
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Raj Kumar Shrestha	21,320
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Arun Prasad Nepal	13,124
	Nepali Congress	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	7,671
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Pashupati SJB Rana	5,966
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Lakpa Shrepa	2,814
	Others		2,009
Invalid votes			3,089
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	19,168
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Amrit Kumar Bohora	15,956
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Pashupati SJB Rana	10,098
	Others		2,359
Invalid Votes			1,277
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Amrit Kumar Bohora	13,369
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Pashupati SJB Rana	13,179
	Nepali Congress	Rohini Raj Sigdel	7,189
	Others		1,928
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Amrit Kumar Bohora	13,583
	Nepali Congress	Mohan Bahadur Basnet	11,972
Result		CPN (UML) 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 Sindhupalchok