Bhaktapur 1 (constituency) explained

Bhaktapur 1
Type:	Parliamentary
Parl Name:	House of Representatives
Map Size:	300
Map Year:	2017
District Label:	Province
District:	Bagmati Province
Region Label:	District
Region:	Bhaktapur District
Electorate:	94,164
Year:	1991
Members Label:	MP
Members:	Prem Suwal (NMKP)
Blank1 Name:	Bagmati MPA 1(A)
Blank1 Info:	Krishna Lal Bhadel (NC)
Blank2 Name:	Bagmati MPA 1(B)
Blank2 Info:	Surendra Raj Gosai (NMKP)

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

Incorporated areas

Bhaktapur 2 parliamentary constituency consists of Bhaktapur Municipality and Changunarayan Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segments:

• Bhaktapur 1(A)
• Bhaktapur 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	Nepal Workers Peasants Party
	2017	Prem Suwal

1(A)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Hari Sharan Lamichhane	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	2019 by-election	Krishna Lal Bhadel	Nepali Congress

1(B)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

2019 by-elections

1(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Lal Bhadel	13,449
	Nepal Communist Party	Devi Prasad Dhakal	11,206
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Niraj Lawaju	5,829
	Others		1,108
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Prem Suwal	33,076
	Nepali Congress	Babu Raja Joshi	17,818
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Milan Suwal	15,374
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Dipesh Neupane	2,330
	Others		1,867
Result		NWP hold
Source: Election Commission

Bhaktapur 1(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Hari Sharan Lamichhane	12,789
	Nepali Congress	Jeevan Khatri	9,977
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Niraj Lawaju	7,019
	Others		2,178
Result		CPN UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Bhaktapur 1(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Surendra Raj Gosai	23,885
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Roman Shilakar	8,063
	Nepali Congress	Anil Bhuju	5,447
	Others		1,182
Result		NWPP gain
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	20,446
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Lal Bhadel	12,826
	UCPN (Maoist)	Sanu Suwal	6,296
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ranju Napit	5,668
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rabindra Pratap Shah	4,458
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Madhav Khatri	2,643
Result		NWPP hold
Source: NepalNews^[2]

Election in the 2000s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	19,972
	CPN (Maoist)	Debendra Shrestha	11,548
	Nepali Congress	Mahesh Shrestha	8,281
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Sundar Dhyo	7,327
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Surendra Pratap Shah	3,215
	Others		2,592
Result		NWPP hold
Source: Election Commission^[3]

Election in the 1990s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	16,533
	Nepali Congress	Ganesh Man Chakradhar	10,030
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sarswati Bati	8,096
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Surendra Pratap Shah	3,895
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Yabati Karki	1,992
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Sharan Dhimal	1,238
	Others		844
Invalid Votes			771
Result		NWPP hold
Source: Election Commission^[4] ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	16,770
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Surendra Pratap Shah	9,438
	Nepali Congress	Radhe Shyam Jonche	8,137
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Narayan Bhakta Wati	5,689
	Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal	Kanchi Maharjan	412
Result		NWPP hold
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	20,163
	Nepali Congress	Raghesh Man Jonche	13,732
Result		NWPP gain
Source: http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

External links

• Constituency map of Bhaktapur

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.