Tanahun 1 (constituency)

Tanahun 1
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Tanahun 1 in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Tahaun 1(A) and Tanahun 1(B) within Tanahun District
Province	Gandaki Province
District	Tanahun District
Electorate	105,572
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Rastriya Swatantra Party
MP	Swarnim Wagle
Gandaki MPA 1(A)	Ashok Kumar Shrestha(NC)
Gandaki MPA 1(B)	Hari Bahadur Chuman (CPN Maoist Centre)

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

Incorporated areas

Tanahun 1 incorporates Devghat Rural Municipality, Anbukhaireni Rural Municipality, Bandipur Rural Municipality, Bhanu Municipality and, wards 1–4 and 7–11 of Byas Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

• Tanahun 1(A)
• Tanahun 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Ram Chandra Paudel	Nepali Congress
	1994	Govinda Raj Joshi
	2008	Suresh Kumar Ale Magar	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Shankar Bhandari	Nepali Congress
	2017	Krishna Kumar Shrestha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	August 2021		CPN (Unified Socialist)
	2022	Ram Chandra Paudel	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

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

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Hari Bahadur Chuman CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2023 by-election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Swarnim Wagle	Rastriya Swatantra Party	34,919	54.45
	Gobinda Bhattarai	Nepali Congress	20,122	31.37
	Sarbendra Khanal	CPN (UML)	8,488	13.23
	Others		606	0.94
Total			64,135	100.00
Majority			14,797
	Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: Election Commission of Nepal

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ram Chandra Paudel	Nepali Congress	25,361	40.45
	Ek Bahadur Rana Magar	CPN (UML)	19,981	31.87
	Govinda Raj Joshi	Independent	6,886	10.98
	Bikas Sigdel	Rastriya Swatantra Party	6,044	9.64
	Binod Kumar Gharti	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,484	3.96
	Others		1,939	3.09
Total			62,695	100.00
Majority			5,380
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

1(A) Candidate Party Votes % Ashok Kumar Shrestha Nepali Congress 15,392 44.58 Ram Bahadur Gurung CPN (UML) 11,172 32.36 Bibek Neupane Rastriya Prajatantra Party 3,627 10.50 Bidyanath Dhakal CPN (Unified Socialist) 2,013 5.83 Others 2,325 6.73 Total 34,529 100.00 Majority 4,220 Nepali Congress Source: [2]

1(B) Candidate Party Votes % Hari Bahadur Chuman CPN (Maoist Centre) 13,283 45.85 Purna Bahadur Gurung CPN (UML) 10,519 36.31 Raju Gotame Rastriya Prajatantra Party 3,396 11.72 Others 1,775 6.13 Total 28,973 100.00 Majority 2,764 CPN (Maoist Centre) Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Kumar Shrestha	34,492
	Nepali Congress	Ram Chandra Paudel	27,690
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Man Bahadur Thapa	1,231
	Others		918
Invalid votes			3,472
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Bahadur Gurung 18,265 Nepali Congress Gobinda Bhattarai 16,878 Others 1,150 Invalid votes 1,207 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Hari Bahadur Chuman 15,360 Nepali Congress Raghu Nath Paudel 11,881 Others 1,783 Invalid votes 1,240 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Shankar Bhandari	15,713
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Bahadur Gurung	11,018
	UCPN (Maoist)	Sita Pokharel	6,480
	Others		1,924
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Suresh Kumar Ale Magar	17,744
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ek Bahadur Rana Magar	10,566
	Nepali Congress	Govinda Raj Joshi	10,477
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Amar Singh Guru	1,094
	Others		2,635
Invalid votes			2,407
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Govinda Raj Joshi	23,205
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ek Bahadur Rana Magar	15,908
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Ganesh Bahadur Gurung	1,891
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Babu Krishna Pandey	1,436
	Others		965
Invalid Votes			669
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Govinda Raj Joshi	19,086
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ek Bahadur Rana Magar	11,322
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Chhetra Pratap Adhikari	6,147
	Others		1,526
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ram Chandra Paudel	18,268
	Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal	Ram Nath Sharma "Aakhil"	13,859
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 Tanahun