Darchula 1 (constituency) explained

Darchula 1
Type:Parliamentary
Parl Name:House of Representatives
Map Size:300
Map Year:2017
District Label:Province
District:Sudurpashchim Province
Region Label:District
Region:Darchula District
Electorate:78,513
Year:1991
Party:Nepali Congress
Members Label:MP
Members:Dilendra Prasad Badu
Blank1 Name:Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(A)
Blank1 Info:Gelbu Singh Bohora (NCP)
Blank2 Name:Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(B)
Blank2 Info:Man Bahadur Dhami (NCP)

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

Incorporated areas

Darchula 1 incorporates the entirety of Darchula District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1991Dilendra Prasad BaduNepali Congress
1994Prem Singh DhamiCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999Dilendra Prasad BaduNepali Congress
2008Laxman Dutta JoshiCPN (Maoist)
January 2009UCPN (Maoist)
2013Ganesh Singh ThagunnaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
March 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022Dilendra Prasad BaduNepali Congress

1(A)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Gelbu Singh BohoraCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

1(B)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Man Bahadur DhamiCPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ganesh Singh Thagunna28,998
Nepali CongressBikram Singh Dhami22,233
Others969
Invalid votes2,347
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission
1(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Gelbu Singh Bohora16,073
Nepali CongressMadan Giri12,598
Others496
Invalid votes1,053
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
1(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist Centre)Man Bahadur Dhami12,956
Nepali CongressJagadish Bahaur Pal9,575
Others799
Invalid votes993
ResultMaoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ganesh Singh Thagunna20,470
Nepali CongressDilendra Prasad Badu19,236
UCPN (Maoist)Lalit Singh Thagunna9,017
Others2,239
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

Election in the 2000s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist)Laxman Dutta Joshi25,404
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ganesh Singh Thagunna12,813
Nepali CongressDilendra Prasad Badu12,599
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyBhawan Singh Kunwar2,001
Others805
Invalid votes2,329
ResultMaoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

Election in the 1990s

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressDilendra Prasad Badu22,379
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bir Bahadur Thagunna16,656
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)Pratap Ram Lauhar3,232
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Kirti Chand Thakur2,920
Others654
Invalid votes528
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission[4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Prem Singh Dhami15,708
Nepali CongressDilendra Prasad Badu11,611
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyIndra Bahadur Bam5,747
IndependentAkbar Bahadur Singh2,308
IndependentKirti Chandra Thakur2,179
Others164
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commissionhttp://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1994_constituency_results_english.pdf
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressDilendra Prasad Badu9,678
CPN (Democratic)3,641
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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