Bajhang 1 (constituency)

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

Bajhang 1
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Assembly segments Bajhang 1(A) (red) and Bajhang 1(B) (blue) within Bajhang District
Protected areas in green
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictBajhang District
Electorate104,275
Current constituency
Created1991
MPBhairab Bahadur Singh (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(A)		Arjun Bahadur Thapa (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(B)		Devaki Malla (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Bajhang 1 incorporates the entirety of Bajhang District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

  • Bajhang 1(A)
  • Bajhang 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh Nepali Congress
1994 Bhanu Bhakta Joshi CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh Nepali Congress
2008 Bhanu Bhakta Joshi CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2013 Man Prasad Khatri
2017 Bhairav Bahadur Singh
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhairav Bahadur Singh 34,602
Nepali Congress Prithvi Bahadur Singh 26,910
Others 1,820
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Man Prasad Khatri 11,530
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 10,708
UCPN (Maoist) Dev Raj Regmi 7,353
Others 1,930
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhanu Bhakta Joshi 13,955
CPN (Maoist) Dev Raj Regmi 12,148
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 10,092
Others 2,248
Invalid votes 1,124
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 14,209
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Arjun Bahadur Thapa 13,827
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Keshav Raj Joshi 1,988
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Gagan Jang Bahadur Singh 1,885
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Kummendra Rokaya 183
Invalid votes 601
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhanu Bhakta Joshi 12,603
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 6,640
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Gagan Jang Bahadur Singh 2,906
Independent Satya Ram Bhandari 2,607
Independent Prem Bahadur Khati 729
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 9,646
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 8,882
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

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