Palpa 1 (constituency)

Palpa 1
Parliamentary constituency
Palpa 1 in Lumbini Province
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictPalpa District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentDal Bahadur Rana

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

Incorporated areas

Palpa 1 incorporates Rampur Municipality, Nisdi Rural Municipality, Purbakhola Rural Municipality, Rambha Rural Municipality, wards 2–7 of Mathagadhi Rural Municipality, ward 5 of Tinau Rural Municipality and ward 8 of Tansen Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Palpa 1(A)
  • Palpa 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Kalu Ram Rana Nepali Congress
1994 Dal Bahadur Rana Magar CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
March 1998 CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Bhadra Bahadur Thapa CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008 Dal Bahadur Rana Magar
2013 Radha Krishna Kandel
2017 Dal Bahadur Rana Magar
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Narayan Prasad Acharya

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Narayan Prasad AcharyaCPN (UML)31,10354.72
Gyan Bahadur GahaNepali Congress20,25635.64
Bipin KandelIndependent2,8635.04
Thamman Bahadur Budha MagarMongol National Organisation2,0453.60
Others5711.00
Total56,838100.00
Majority10,847
CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dal Bahadur Rana Magar 32,549
Nepali Congress Bijay Raj Ghimire 23,993
Mongol National Organisation Tul Bir Darlami 1,086
Others 528
Invalid votes 1,274
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Radha Krishna Kandel 17,804
Nepali Congress Sita Devi Devkota Pandey 11,958
UCPN (Maoist) Tej Bahadur Sijali 2,790
Others 1,171
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dal Bahadur Rana Magar 19,185
Nepali Congress Dhan Bahadur Rana 12,976
CPN (Maoist) Tul Ram Gharti Magar 6,513
Others 1,745
Invalid votes 1,273
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhadra Bahadur Thapa 19,477
Nepali Congress Bijay Raj Ghimire 16,393
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Dal Bahadur Rana Magar 1,431
Others 1,220
Invalid votes 718
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dal Bahadur Rana Magar 19,690
Nepali Congress Kalu Ram Rana 14,815
Others 1,319
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Kalu Ram Rana 15,980
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 15,001
Result Congress 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.