Chitwan 1 (constituency)

Chitwan 1
Parliamentary constituency
Chitwan 1 in Bagmati Province
ProvinceBagmati Province
DistrictChitwan District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyRastriya Swatantra Party
Member of ParliamentHari Dhakal

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

Incorporated areas

Chitwan 1 parliamentary constituency incorporates Rapti Municipality, Khairahani Municipality and Ratnanagar Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

  • Chitwan 1(A)
  • Chitwan 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Sabitri Bogati Nepali Congress
2008 Lal Mani Chaudhary CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2013 Surendra Prasad Pandey
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Hari Dhakal Rastriya Swatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hari DhakalRastriya Swatantra Party34,21837.39
Surendra Prasad PandeyCPN (UML)26,63429.10
Biswo Nath PaudelNepali Congress25,02227.34
Madhup Kumar BhattaraiRastriya Prajatantra Party2,7513.01
Bishnu LamaIndependent1,4211.55
Others1,4681.60
Total91,514100.00
Majority7,584
Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Surendra Prasad Pandey 51,080
Nepali Congress Rajendra Prasad Burlakoti 35,360
Others 1,464
Invalid votes 1,848
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Surendra Prasad Pandey 18,760
Nepali Congress Rajendra Prasad Burlakoti 13,745
UCPN (Maoist) Yam Bahadur Pariyar 4,715
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch (Tharuhat) Tekendra Chaudhary 1,293
Others 2,644
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lal Mani Chaudhary 17,971
CPN (Maoist) Sobha Kattel 14,249
Nepali Congress Sabitri Bogati 8,688
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Kapil Dev Pokharel 1,753
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Sant Kumar Chaudhary 1,414
Others 1,126
Invalid votes 2,444
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Sabitri Bogati 19,087
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal 18,176
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Sant Kumar Chaudhary 5,205
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Raj Pant 1,184
Others 849
Invalid Votes 968
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal 15,924
Nepali Congress Chuda Mani Chaudhary 12,023
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ram Sharan Pathak 6,336
Others 416
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal 25,784
Nepali Congress Shesh Nath Adhikari 16,459
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  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. ^ a b "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.