Salyan 1 (constituency)

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

Salyan 1
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Salyan 1 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Salyan 1(A) (red) and Salyan 1(B) (blue) within Salyan District, Nepal
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictSalyan District
Electorate134,213
Current constituency
Created1991
MPTek Bahadur Basnet (NCP)
Karnali MPA 1(A)Gulab Jang Shah (NCP)
Karnali MPA 1(B)Prakash Jwala (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Salyan 1 incorporates the entirety of Salyan District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Salyan 1(A)
  • Salyan 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Rajendra Bahadur Shah Nepali Congress
1999 Prakash Jwala CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008 Tek Bahadur Basnet CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
May 2016 CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Tek Bahadur Basnet 32,281
Nepali Congress Rajendra Bahadur Shah 23,289
Independent Umakant Sharma 2,921
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Bam Bahadur Giri 2,292
Others 1,838
Result Maoist Centre hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
UCPN (Maoist) Tek Bahadur Basnet 15,089
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Gulab Jang Shah 11,852
Nepali Congress Dhruba Raj Puri 11,448
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Bhim Bahadur Wali 1,056
Others 1,303
Result Maoist hold
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Tek Bahadur Basnet 27,421
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prakash Jwala 9,487
Nepali Congress Dhruba Raj Puri 7,878
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Yagyashwari Shah 2,908
Others 1,935
Invalid votes 1,661
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prakash Jwala 8,208
Nepali Congress Rajendra Bahadur Shah 7,089
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Gulab Jang Shah 4,666
Others 2,002
Invalid votes 699
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Rajendra Bahadur Shah 11,714
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prakash Bohora 7,930
Independent Bharat Puri 6,919
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Keshar Singh Gharti 2,243
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Rajendra Bahadur Shah 17,097
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 6,295
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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