Nuwakot 1 (constituency) explained

Nuwakot 1
Type:	Parliamentary
Map Size:	300
Map Year:	2017
District Label:	Province
District:	Bagmati Province
Region Label:	District
Region:	Nuwakot District
Year:	1991
Party:	Vacant
Members Label:	Member of Parliament
Members:	Vacant

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

Incorporated areas

Nuwakot 1 parliamentary constituency incorporates Dupcheshwar Rural Municipality, Shivapuri Rural Municipality, Tadi Rural Municipality, Panchakanya Rural Municipality, Suryagadhi Rural Municipality, Likhu Rural Municipality and Kakani Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

• Nuwakot 1(A)
• Nuwakot 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Prakash Chandra Lohani	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)
	1991		Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	1999	Rajendra Prakash Lohani	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Bimala Subedi	CPN (Maoist)
	2013	Arjun Narsingh K.C.	Nepali Congress
	2017	Hit Bahadur Tamang	Nepal Communist Party

1(A)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Radhika Tamang	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

1(B)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Badri Mainali	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Hit Bahadur Tamang	36,473
	Nepali Congress	Ram Sharan Mahat	27,920
	Others		1,634
Invalid votes			3,668
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

Nuwakot 1(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Radhika Tamang	18,137
	Nepali Congress	Mahendra Thing	13,368
	Others		1,097
Invalid votes			1,340
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

Nuwakot 1(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Badri Mainali	20,509
	Nepali Congress	Ramesh Kumar Mahat	12,217
	Others		1,372
Invalid votes			1,627
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Arjun Narsingh K.C.	17,346
	UCPN (Maoist)	Bimala Subedi	9,145
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Prakash Chandra Lohani	6,927
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Keshav Raj Pandey	6,401
	Others		1,235
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews^[2]

Election in the 2000s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Bimala Subedi	20,581
	Nepali Congress	Arjun Narsingh K.C.	12,984
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rajendra Prakash Lohani	6,730
	Rastriya Janashakti Party	Rajendra Prasad Shrestha	4,720
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Kedar Nath Bajgain	2,237
	Others		1,648
Invalid votes			3,286
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission^[3]

Election in the 1990s

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rajendra Prakash Lohani	11,786
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Prakash Chandra Lohani	11,771
	Nepali Congress	Dhruba Prasad Adhikari	11,018
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Toya Nath Thapaliya	2,780
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Jeet Singh Khadka	1,016
	Others		578
Invalid Votes			1,354
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission^[4] ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Prakash Chandra Lohani	13,100
	Nepali Congress	Khem Raj Sedai	10,714
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rajendra Prakash Lohani	8,942
Result		RPP hold
Source: Election Commission

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Prakash Chandra Lohani	11,870
	Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal	Toyanath Thapaliya	8,796
Result		RPP (C) 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 Nuwakot

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/Nuwakot.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.