Dailekh 1 (constituency)

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

Dailekh 1
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Dailekh 1 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Dailekh 1(A) (red) and Dailekh 1(B) (blue) within Dailekh District
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictDailekh District
Electorate70,190
Current constituency
Created1991
MPRabindra Raj Sharma (NCP)
Karnali MPA 1(A)Dharma Raj Regmi (NCP)
Karnali MPA 1(B)Amar Bahadur Thapa (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Dailekh 1 incorporates Gurans Rural Municipality, Dungeshwor Rural Municipality, Bhagwatimai Rural Municipality, Narayan Municipality, Naumule Rural Municipality and Mahabu Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Dailekh 1(A)
  • Dailekh 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Ganesh Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
1999 Nar Bahadur Hamal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008 Ganesh Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
2013 Amar Bahadur Thapa CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017 Rabindra Raj Sharma
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rabindra Raj Sharma 23,773
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Deepak Kumar Shahi 17,252
Others 1,805
Invalid votes 2,666
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Amar Bahadur Thapa 15,670
Nepali Congress Ganesh Bahadur Khadka 11,894
UCPN (Maoist) Tej Bahadur Chand 7,045
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Bhakta Bahadur Shahi 2,033
Independent Nar Singh Malla 1,977
Others 3,043
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ganesh Bahadur Khadka 16,280
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Amar Bahadur Thapa 14,151
CPN (Maoist) Karna Bahadur Basnet 12,536
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Narma Kumari Guru 1,667
Others 2,829
Invalid votes 2,183
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Nar Bahadur Hamal 17,047
Nepali Congress Ganesh Bahadur Khadka 15,765
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bhakta Bahadur Shahi 5,091
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Ratna Bahadur Shrestha 1,217
Rastriya Janamukti Party Tek Bahadur Thapa 1,074
Others 1,932
Invalid votes 607
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ganesh Bahadur Khadka 10,695
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Rang Nath Joshi 8,508
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Dan Bahadur Shahi 6,960
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rabindra Raj Sharma 4,530
Others 2,421
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ganesh Bahadur Khadka 13,467
Nepal Workers Peasants Party 11,264
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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