Dolakha 1 (constituency)

Dolakha 1
Parliamentary constituency
Dolakha 1 in Bagmati Province
ProvinceBagmati Province
DistrictDolakha District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentParbat Gurung

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

Incorporated areas

Dolakha 1 incorporates the entirety of Dolakha District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

  • Dolakha 1(A)
  • Dolakha 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Indra Bahadur Khadka CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994 Bhim Bahadur Tamang Nepali Congress
1999 Pashupati Chaulagain CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008 Devi Khadka CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Parbat Gurung CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Ganga Karki CPN (Maoist Centre)

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ganga KarkiCPN (Maoist Centre)36,82045.44
Baal Krishna ShivakotiCPN (UML)36,50545.06
Jagadish KharelRastriya Swatantra Party3,8014.69
Bijay KhadkaRastriya Prajatantra Party1,5611.93
Others2,3362.88
Total81,023100.00
Majority315
CPN (Maoist Centre)
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Parbat Gurung 55,457
Nepali Congress Rudra Bahadur Khadka 24,813
Others 2,168
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Parbat Gurung 16,281
Nepali Congress Jip Chhirring Lama 12,298
UCPN (Maoist) Bishal Khadka 9,078
Others 2,209
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Devi Khadka 22,182
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Pashupati Chaulagain 12,805
Nepali Congress Bhim Bahadur Tama 12,702
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Baikuntha Prasad Bhandari 1,520
Others 1,732
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Pashupati Chaulagain 20,243
Nepali Congress Bhim Bahadur Tamang 15,093
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Mahendra Bahadur Karki 5,059
Others 448
Invalid Votes 905
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bhim Bahadur Tamang 16,673
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ananda Pokharel 15,790
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ram Prasad Upreti 4,720
Independent Bal Bahadur K.C. 640
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Indra Bahadur Khadka 18,376
Nepali Congress Bhim Bahadur Tamang 11,606
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.