Gorkha 1 (constituency)

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

Gorkha 1
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Gorkha 1 in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Gorkha 1(A) and Gorkha 1(B) within Gorkha District
ProvinceGandaki Province
DistrictGorkha District
Electorate98,622
Current constituency
Created1991
MPHari Raj Adhikari (NCP)
Gandaki
MPA 1(A)		Lekha Bahadur Thapa Magar (NCP)
Gandaki
MPA 1(B)		Ram Sharan Basnet (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Gorkha 1 incorporates Tshum Nubri Rural Municipality, Dharche Rural Municipality, Arughat Rural Municipality, Bhimsen Rural Municipality, Gandaki Rural Municipality, Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality and wards 1–7 of Gorkha Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

  • Gorkha 1(A)
  • Gorkha 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Chiranjibi Wagle Nepali Congress
2008 Parbati Thapa Shrestha CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Dr. Baburam Bhattarai
September 2015 Vacant[2]
2017 Hari Raj Adhikari CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Hari Raj Adhikari 29,860
Nepali Congress Chinkaji Shrestha 26,643
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Narayan Babu Acharya 1,639
Others 1,242
Invalid votes 4,320
Result Maoist Centre hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
UCPN (Maoist) Dr. Baburam Bhattarai 22,824
Nepali Congress Kiran Babu Shrestha 8,971
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Sharan Basnet 4,944
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Narayan Babu Acharya 1,557
Others 866
Result Maoist hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Parbati Thapa Shrestha 40,606
Nepali Congress Chiranjibi Wagle 9,142
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Baburam Thapa 4,339
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Rudra Raj Pandey 1,436
Others 940
Invalid votes 1,832
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Chiranjibi Wagle 17,305
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Sharan Basnet 13,438
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Narayan Malla 5,641
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Surendra Bahadur Thapa 2,580
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Rajeshwar Devkota 1,733
Rastriya Janamukti Party Bhaikaji Rana 1,128
Others 290
Invalid Votes 1,478
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Chiranjibi Wagle 13,223
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Narayan Malla 11,236
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rishi Ram Sharma 4,426
Independent Chet Bahadur Rana 1,820
Others 1,420
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Chiranjibi Wagle 15,496
Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal 12,986
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

References
  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "Baburam Bhattarai severs ties with UCPN-Maoist, resigns from Parliament also, to remain as independent citizen for now". The Himalayan Times. 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  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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