Baglung 1 (constituency)

Baglung 1 one of 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]

Baglung 1
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Balung 1 in Gandaki Province
Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Baglung 1(A) and Baglung 1(B) within Baglung District
Protected areas in green
ProvinceGandaki Province
DistrictBaglung District
Electorate86,756
Current constituency
Created1991
MPSurya Prasad Pathak (NCP)
Gandaki
MPA 1(A)		Indra Lal Sapkota (NCP)
Gandaki
MPA 1(B)		Krishna Thapa (RJM)

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

  • Baglung 1(A)
  • Baglung 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Govinda Prasad Sharma Kandel Nepali Congress
1994 Govinda Adhikari CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Tanka Prasad Sharma Kandel Nepali Congress
2008 Ramji Prasad Sharma Kandel CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2013 Hari Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
2015 by-election Champa Devi Khadka
2017 Surya Prasad Pathak CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Surya Prasad Pathak 33,657
Nepali Congress Champa Devi Khadka 20,616
Others 663
Invalid votes 1,625
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2015 by-elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Champa Devi Khadka 17,154
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Man Kumari K.C. 15,068
UCPN (Maoist) Krishna K.C. 2,505
Result Congress hold
Source: The Kathmandu Post[2]

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Hari Bahadur Khadka 13,500
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hari Bahadur Khatri 11,963
UCPN (Maoist) Krishna Bahadur K.C. 6,003
Rastriya Janamorcha Tirtha Singh Thapa Chhetri 2,159
Others 1,598
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ramji Prasad Sharma Kandel 15,786
CPN (Maoist) Chandra Bahadur Budha 14,386
Nepali Congress Hari Prasad Shrestha 12,017
Rastriya Janamorcha Amar Bahadur Thapa 2,992
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Tilak Bahadur RIjal 1,468
Others 1,120
Invalid votes 1,865
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Tanka Prasad Sharma Kandel 15,467
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ramji Prasad Sharma Kandel 15,425
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Bishnu Bahadur Bhandari 5,544
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Jabbar Bahadur Lamichhane 1,469
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Tika Ram Sapkota 1,379
Others 1,729
Invalid Votes 776
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Govinda Adhikari 14,937
Nepali Congress Govinda Prasad Sharma Kandel 10,292
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chandi Prasad Kandel 3,452
Others 3,726
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Govinda Prasad Sharma Kandel 13,348
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 7,346
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

References
  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "NC candidate elected from Baglung-1". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  3. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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