Saptari 1 (constituency)

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

Saptari 1
Parliamentary constituency
Saptari 1 constituency
ProvinceProvince No. 2
DistrictSaptari District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal
Member of ParliamentDr. Surya Narayan Adhikari

Incorporated areas

Saptari 1 incorporates Saptakoshi Rural Municipality, Agnisair Krishna Savaran Rural Municipality, Tirhut Rural Municipality, Kanchanrup Municipality and Hanumannagar Kanalini Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Saptari 1(A)
  • Saptari 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Hira Lal Chaudhary CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994 Jay Prakash Anand Nepali Congress
2008 Hem Raj Tated Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal
June 2009 Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
2013 Manpur Chaudhary UCPN (Maoist)
April 2016 CPN (Maoist Centre)
2017 Dr. Surya Narayan Yadav Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal
April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal
2022 Nawal Kishor Sah

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Nawal Kishor SahPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal23,60433.61
Jay Kant RautJanamat Party19,99628.47
Ramdev Sah (Teli)Nepali Congress14,31220.38
Chandra Narayan YadavIndependent2,8814.10
Ashok Kumar MandalIndependent2,3453.34
Rohit Kumar PokharelIndependent1,5362.19
Tika Laxmi ChaudharyNagrik Unmukti Party1,3781.96
Bishnu Dev YadavRastriya Prajatantra Party1,1171.59
Niranjan Prasad KushwahaRastriya Swatantra Party1,0541.50
Others2,0122.86
Total70,235100.00
Majority3,608
People's Socialist Party, Nepal hold
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Dr. Surya Narayan Yadav 21,712
CPN (Maoist Centre) Ashok Kumar Mandal 18,225
Nepali Congress Ramdev Sah Teli 15,225
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal Krishna Kumar Gupta 1,163
Others 1,983
Invalid votes 5,940
Result FSFN gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
UCPN (Maoist) Manpur Chaudhary 9,844
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Suman Raj Pyakurel 8,242
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Hem Raj Tated 5,549
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Surya Nath Prasad Yadav 4,085
Nepali Congress Laxmi Kumari Giri 2,255
Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi Party Mohammad Kalim Miya 1,931
Dalit Janajati Party Kusheshwar Sah Haluwai 1,172
Terai Madhesh Sadbhavna Party Shatrudhan Prasad Rauniyar 1,111
Others 5,926
Result Maoist gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Hem Raj Tated 9,879
CPN (Maoist) Surya Nath Prasad Yadav 8,824
Independent Manpur Chaudhary 7,637
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Suman Raj Pyakurel 6,696
Janamorcha Nepal Asarfi Sada 3,288
Nepali Congress Shrawan Kumar Bista 3,027
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Lalan Chaudhary Tharu 2,146
Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal Dev Narayan Chaudhary 1,460
Others 5,294
Invalid votes 4,799
Result MJFN gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Jay Prakash Anand 15,083
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hira Lal Chaudhary 13,853
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Mamata Jha 7,178
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Jagadish Prasad Yadav 5,820
Independent Shrawan Kumar Bista 3,793
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Guru Sharan Rohita 2,476
Others 1,385
Invalid Votes 1,899
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Jay Prakash Anand 18,006
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hira Lal Chaudhary 13,885
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Devendra Jha 6,200
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Muralidhar Yadav 3,204
Others 1,687
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hira Lal Chaudhary 13,973
Nepali Congress Jay Prakash Anand 12,050
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.