Taplejung 1 (constituency)

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

Taplejung 1
Parliamentary Constituency
Taplejung 1 in Province No. 1
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictTaplejung District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentYogesh Bhattarai

Incorporated areas

Taplejung 1 incorporates the entirety of Taplejung District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Taplejung 1(A)
  • Taplejung 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Kul Prasad Upreti CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994 Mani Lama Nepali Congress
1999 Til Kumar Meyangbo Limbu CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008 Surya Man Gurung Nepali Congress
2013 Bhupendra Thebe CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017 Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai 29,479
Nepali Congress Keshav Prasad Dahal 16,888
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Bishnu Kumar Limbu 1,591
Others 1,387
Invalid votes 2,333
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhupendra Thebe 7,434
Nepali Congress Lila Devi Bokhim Limbu 7,295
UCPN (Maoist) Sanchapal Maden 6,279
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Amir Maden 1,004
Others 1,208
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Surya Man Gurung 8,719
CPN (Maoist) Surendra Kumar Karki 8,407
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Til Kumar Manyangbe 7,960
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Kritiman Maden 3,248
Others 561
Invalid votes 1,150
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Til Kumar Meyangbo Limbu 13,636
Nepali Congress Surya Mang Gurung 13,472
Rastriya Janamukti Party Padam Bahadur Yengden 1,786
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Kedar Nath Dahal 1,502
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Kul Prasad Uprety 1,289
Independent Ram Bahadur Thebe 427
Invalid Votes 606
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Mani Lama 10,742
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kaji Man Samsohang 9,822
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bijay Prakash Teve 4,877
Rastriya Janamukti Party Nar Bahdur Maden 2,405
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kul Prasad Upreti 12,703
Nepali Congress Mani Lama 8,757
Result CPN (UML) 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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