Baglung 1 (constituency) explained

Baglung 1
Type:Parliamentary
Parl Name:House of Representatives
Map Size:300
Map Year:2017
District Label:Province
District:Gandaki Province
Region Label:District
Region:Baglung District
Electorate:86,756
Year:1991
Members Label:MP
Members:Surya Prasad Pathak (NCP)
Blank1 Name:Gandaki
MPA 1(A)
Blank1 Info:Indra Lal Sapkota (NCP)
Blank2 Name:Gandaki
MPA 1(B)
Blank2 Info:Krishna Thapa (RJM)

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

Incorporated areas

Baglung 1 incorporates Kanthekhola Rural Municipality, Bareng Rural Municipality, Jaimuni Municipality and Baglung Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1991Govinda Prasad Sharma KandelNepali Congress
1994Govinda AdhikariCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999Tanka Prasad Sharma KandelNepali Congress
2008Ramji Prasad Sharma KandelCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2013Hari Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress
2015 by-electionChampa Devi Khadka
2017Surya Prasad PathakCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
March 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022Chitra Bahadur K.C.Rastriya Janamorcha

1(A)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Indra Lal SapkotaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

1(B)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

1(B)

Election in the 2010s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Surya Prasad Pathak33,657
Nepali CongressChampa Devi Khadka20,616
Others663
Invalid votes1,625
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
1(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Indra Lal Sapkota17,915
Nepali CongressDipendra Bahadur Thapa11,989
Others336
Invalid votes524
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
1(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
Rastriya JanamorchaKrishna Thapa15,636
Nepali CongressPrakash Sharma Paudel9,094
Naya Shakti Party, NepalYunis Miya310
Invalid votes583
ResultJanamorcha gain
Source: Election Commission

2015 by-elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressHari Bahadur Khadka13,500
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Hari Bahadur Khatri11,963
UCPN (Maoist)Krishna Bahadur K.C.6,003
Rastriya JanamorchaTirtha Singh Thapa Chhetri2,159
Others1,598
ResultCongress gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

Election in the 2000s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ramji Prasad Sharma Kandel15,786
CPN (Maoist)Chandra Bahadur Budha14,386
Nepali CongressHari Prasad Shrestha12,017
Rastriya JanamorchaAmar Bahadur Thapa2,992
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Tilak Bahadur RIjal1,468
Others1,120
Invalid votes1,865
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

Election in the 1990s

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressTanka Prasad Sharma Kandel15,467
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ramji Prasad Sharma Kandel15,425
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Bishnu Bahadur Bhandari5,544
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)Jabbar Bahadur Lamichhane1,469
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyTika Ram Sapkota1,379
Others1,729
Invalid Votes776
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission[4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Govinda Adhikari14,937
Nepali CongressGovinda Prasad Sharma Kandel10,292
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyChandi Prasad Kandel3,452
Others3,726
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressGovinda Prasad Sharma Kandel13,348
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)7,346
ResultCongress gain
Source: http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies. en. 2018-04-25.
  2. Web site: 2015-03-25. Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens. 2020-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top. 2015-03-25.
  3. Web site: 2009-10-03. Ca Election report. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php. 2009-10-03.
  4. Web site: 2008-01-24. Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php. 2008-01-24.
  5. Web site: Election Results'99. 2020-11-15. nepalresearch.org.

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