Jajarkot 1 (constituency)

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

Jajarkot 1
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Jajarkot 1 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Jajarkot 1(A) (red) and Jajarkot 1(B) (blue) within Jajarkot District
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictJajarkot District
Electorate83,937
Current constituency
Created1991
MPShakti Bahadur Basnet (NCP)
Karnali MPA 1(A)Ganesh Prasad Singh (NCP)
Karnali MPA 1(B)Karbir Shahi (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Jajarkot 1 incorporates the entirety of Jajarkot District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Jajarkot 1(A)
  • Jajarkot 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Dwarika Prasad Pradhan Nepali Congress
1994 Jhalak Nath Wagle
1999 Govinda Bikram Shah Rastriya Prajatantra Party
2008 Kali Bahadur Malla CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Shakti Bahadur Basnet
May 2016 CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Shakti Bahadur Basnet 32,281
Nepali Congress Rajeev Bikram Shah 23,289
Others 1,254
Result Maoist Centre hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
UCPN (Maoist) Shakti Bahadur Basnet 8,073
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dambar Bahadur Singh 7,553
Nepali Congress Deepak Jung Shah 7,317
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Govinda Bikram Shah 1,840
Others 1,211
Result Maoist hold
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Kali Bahadur Malla 19,009
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rita Rawal 6,223
Nepali Congress Chinta Kumari Wagle 5,838
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Govinda Bikram Shah 2,908
Others 996
Invalid votes 1,378
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Govinda Bikram Shah 8,452
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Bahadur Shahi 7,676
Nepali Congress Jhalak Nath Wagle 4,011
Independent Sanat Kumar Karki 3,230
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Khamba Prasad Tokaya 1,067
Others 783
Invalid votes 690
Result RPP gain
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Jhalak Nath Wagle 7,636
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Tej Bikram Shah 6,849
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Gopal Rokaya 3,500
Independent Balram Shah 3,469
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dwarika Prasad Pradhan 5,033
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) 4,413
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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