Tanahun 1 (constituency)

Tanahun 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Tanahun 1 in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Tahaun 1(A) and Tanahun 1(B) within Tanahun District
ProvinceGandaki Province
DistrictTanahun District
Electorate105,572
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyRastriya Swatantra Party
MPSwarnim Wagle
Gandaki
MPA 1(A)		Ashok Kumar Shrestha(NC)
Gandaki
MPA 1(B)		Hari Bahadur Chuman (CPN Maoist Centre)

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

Incorporated areas

Tanahun 1 incorporates Devghat Rural Municipality, Anbukhaireni Rural Municipality, Bandipur Rural Municipality, Bhanu Municipality and, wards 1–4 and 7–11 of Byas Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

  • Tanahun 1(A)
  • Tanahun 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Ram Chandra Paudel Nepali Congress
1994 Govinda Raj Joshi
2008 Suresh Kumar Ale Magar CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Shankar Bhandari Nepali Congress
2017 Krishna Kumar Shrestha CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
August 2021 CPN (Unified Socialist)
2022 Ram Chandra Paudel Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2023 by-election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Swarnim WagleRastriya Swatantra Party34,91954.45
Gobinda BhattaraiNepali Congress20,12231.37
Sarbendra KhanalCPN (UML)8,48813.23
Others6060.94
Total64,135100.00
Majority14,797
Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: Election Commission of Nepal

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ram Chandra PaudelNepali Congress25,36140.45
Ek Bahadur Rana MagarCPN (UML)19,98131.87
Govinda Raj JoshiIndependent6,88610.98
Bikas SigdelRastriya Swatantra Party6,0449.64
Binod Kumar GhartiRastriya Prajatantra Party2,4843.96
Others1,9393.09
Total62,695100.00
Majority5,380
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Kumar Shrestha 34,492
Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Paudel 27,690
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Man Bahadur Thapa 1,231
Others 918
Invalid votes 3,472
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Shankar Bhandari 15,713
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Bahadur Gurung 11,018
UCPN (Maoist) Sita Pokharel 6,480
Others 1,924
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Suresh Kumar Ale Magar 17,744
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ek Bahadur Rana Magar 10,566
Nepali Congress Govinda Raj Joshi 10,477
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Amar Singh Guru 1,094
Others 2,635
Invalid votes 2,407
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Govinda Raj Joshi 23,205
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ek Bahadur Rana Magar 15,908
Rastriya Janamukti Party Ganesh Bahadur Gurung 1,891
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Babu Krishna Pandey 1,436
Others 965
Invalid Votes 669
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Govinda Raj Joshi 19,086
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ek Bahadur Rana Magar 11,322
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chhetra Pratap Adhikari 6,147
Others 1,526
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ram Chandra Paudel 18,268
Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal Ram Nath Sharma "Aakhil" 13,859
Result Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ a b c "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.