Doti 1 (constituency) explained

Doti 1
Type:	Parliamentary
Parl Name:	House of Representatives
Map Size:	300
Map Year:	2017
District Label:	Province
District:	Sudurpashchim Province
Region Label:	District
Region:	Doti District
Electorate:	106,543
Year:	1991
Party:	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Members Label:	MP
Members:	Prem Ale
Blank1 Name:	Sudurpashchim MPA 1(A)
Blank1 Info:	Bharat Bahadur Khadka (NC)
Blank2 Name:	Sudurpashchim MPA 1(B)
Blank2 Info:	Trilochan Bhatta (NCP)

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

Incorporated areas

Doti 1 incorporates the entirety of Doti District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

• Doti 1(A)
• Doti 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Bhakta Bahadur Balayar	Nepali Congress
	2008	Harka Bahadur Singh	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2013	Bir Bahadur Balayar	Nepali Congress
	2017	Prem Ale	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	August 2021		CPN (Unified Socialist)

1(B)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Trilochan Bhatta	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Prem Ale	32,510
	Nepali Congress	Bir Bahadur Balayar	30,878
	Others		1,698
Invalid votes			3,910
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

1(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bharat Bahadur Khadka	17,406
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Chakra Bahadur Malla	16,792
	Others		674
Invalid votes			1,961
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

1(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Trilochan Bhatta	16,091
	Nepali Congress	Yogendra Bahadur Shahi	13,495
	Others		1,093
Invalid votes			1,773
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bir Bahadur Balayar	16,957
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Narad Malasi	8,247
	UCPN (Maoist)	Mohand Bahadur Bam	4,796
	Independent	Kailash Singh Saud	1,902
	Others		1,595
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews^[2]

Election in the 2000s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Harka Bahadur Singh	14,506
	Nepali Congress	Bir Bahadur Balayar	13,090
	CPN (Maoist)	Trilochan Bhatta	8,503
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bahadur Singh Khadka	1,104
	Others		1,007
Invalid votes			2,061
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission^[3]

Election in the 1990s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bhakta Bahadur Balayar	14,198
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Harka Bahadur Singh	12,290
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Kirti Chand Thakur	1,982
	Others		1,701
Invalid votes			543
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission^[4] ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bhakta Bahadur Balayar	8,201
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Purna Raj Joshi	6,132
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Narayan Dutta Bhatta	4,787
	Independent	Ram Chandra Bhatta	1,333
	Others		1,422
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commissionhttp://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1994_constituency_results_english.pdf

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bhakta Bahadur Balayar	19,805
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)		4,431
Result		Congress 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 Doti

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.