Jumla 1 (constituency)

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

Jumla 1
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Jumla 1 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Jumla 1(A) (red) and Jumla 1(B) (blue) within Jumla District
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictJumla District
Electorate59,059
Current constituency
Created1991
MP (NCP)Gajendra Bahadur Mahat
Karnali MPA 1(A)Naresh Bhandari (NCP)
Karnali MPA 1(B)Padam Bahadur Rokaya (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Jumla 1 incorporates the entirety of Jumla District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Jumla 1(A)
  • Jumla 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Dilli Bahadur Mahat Nepal Workers Peasants Party
1994 Bhakta Bahadur Rokaya
1995 Nepali Congress
1999 Devi Lal Thapa CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008 Naresh Bhandari CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Lalit Jang Shahi Nepali Congress
2017 Gajendra Bahadur Mahat CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Gajendra Bahadur Mahat 22,173
Nepali Congress Devendra Bahadur Shahi 14,149
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Dilli Prasad Kafle 2,718
Others 691
Result Maoist Centre (gain)
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Lalit Jang Shahi 11,866
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Padam Bahadur Rokaya 11,151
UCPN (Maoist) Gajendra Bahadur Mahat 10,133
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Jay Bahadur Shahi 2,841
Others 1,780
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[2]


2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Naresh Bhandari 21,127
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dilli Bahadur Mahat 9,210
Nepali Congress Din Bandhu Shrestha 5,704
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Dilli Prasad Kafle 3,936
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Mansoor Sunar 1,719
Others 871
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Devi Lal Thapa 11,324
Nepali Congress Din Bandhu Shrestha 8,318
Independent Lalit Jang Shahi 6,879
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Dilli Prasad Kafle 5,233
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chandra Bahdur Thapa 4,021
Others 2,338
Invalid votes 718
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Bhakta Bahadur Rokaya 6,593
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Devi Lal Thapa 5,551
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Harishchandra Mahar 5,132
Nepali Congress Lal Hamal 3,791
Independent Adnan Singh Katayat 1,814
Others 906
Result NMKP hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepal Workers Peasants Party Dilli Bahadur Mahat 13,270
Nepali Congress 9,142
Result NMKP 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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