Baitadi 1 (constituency)

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

Baitadi 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Baitadi 1 in Sudurpashchim Province
Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Baitadi 1(A) (red) and Baitadi 1(B) within Baitadi District
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictBaitadi District
Electorate132,319
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of members3
Member of
Parliament		Damodar Bhandari,
UML
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(A)		Surendra Bahadur Pal,
UML
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(B)		Shiva Raj Bhatta,
Congress

Incorporated areas

Baitadi 1 incorporates the entirety of Baitadi District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

  • Baitadi 1(A)
  • Baitadi 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Krishna Kumar Joshi Nepali Congress
1994 Lokendra Bahadur Chand Rastriya Prajatantra Party
1997 Keshav Bahadur Chand Nepali Congress
1999 Narendra Bahadur Bum
2008 Narendra Bahadur Kunwor CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Damodar Bhandari CPN (UML)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (UML)

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2022 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Damodar BhandariCPN (UML)33,61146.36
Narendra Bahadur KunwarCPN (Maoist Centre)32,08044.25
Keshav Bahadur ChandIndependent2,5093.46
Dev Bahadur ChandRastriya Prajatantra Party1,7592.43
Prakash Chandra BhattaRastriya Swatantra Party1,4231.96
Others1,1161.54
Total72,498100.00
Majority1,531
CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

2017 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Damodar BhandariCPN (UML)39,52457.20
Nar Bahadur ChandNepali Congress28,29140.95
Others1,2771.85
Total69,092100.00
Valid votes69,09290.74
Invalid/blank votes7,0549.26
Total votes76,146100.00
Registered voters/turnout132,31957.55
Majority11,233
CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[3]

2017 Nepalese provincial election

2013 Constituent Assembly election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Damodar BhandariCPN (UML)11,67230.36
Lok Raj AwasthiNepali Congress10,68027.78
Narendra Bahadur KunworUCPN (Maoist)9,30624.20
Lokendra Bahadur ChandRastriya Prajatantra Party4,97512.94
Others1,8164.72
Total38,449100.00
Valid votes38,44991.19
Invalid/blank votes3,7158.81
Total votes42,164100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,49672.08
Majority992
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6][7]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Narendra Bahadur KunworCPN (Maoist)27,13060.15
Damodar BhandariCPN (UML)9,05920.08
Narendra Bahadur BamNepali Congress5,13011.37
Ganesh Singh BistaRastriya Prajatantra Party2,7596.12
Other1,0272.28
Total45,105100.00
Valid votes45,10594.28
Invalid/blank votes2,7395.72
Total votes47,844100.00
Registered voters/turnout80,14959.69
Majority18,071
CPN (Maoist) gain
Source: Election Commission[8]

1999 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Narendra Bahadur BumNepali Congress11,31336.45
Prithvi Raj AwasthiCPN (UML)9,90131.90
Lokendra Bahadur ChandRastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)7,51724.22
Rajendra Bahadur SaudCPN (Marxist–Leninist)1,1953.85
Others1,1103.58
Total31,036100.00
Valid votes31,03697.66
Invalid/blank votes7452.34
Total votes31,781100.00
Registered voters/turnout63,44250.09
Majority1,412
Nepali Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[9][10]
1997 by-elections
CandidateParty
Keshav Bahadur ChandNepali Congress
Total
Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[11]

1994 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Lokendra Bahadur ChandRastriya Prajatantra Party11,02344.14
Prithvi Raj AwasthiCPN (UML)5,86523.49
Narendra Bahadur BamNepali Congress5,16620.69
Ganesh Bahadur ThapaIndependent1,4025.61
Keshav B. ChandraNepali Congress (Bishweshwar)1,2725.09
Tark Bahadur ShahiIndependent2420.97
Total24,970100.00
Majority5,158
Rastriya Prajatantra Party gain
Source: Election Commission[9][12]

1991 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Krishna Kumar JoshiNepali Congress11,12864.74
-Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)6,06035.26
Total17,188100.00
Majority5,068
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [13]

See also

References
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  2. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
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  10. "Election Results '99". Nepal Research. 27 June 1999. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  11. "निर्वाचन आयोगको सूचना" [Notice from the Election Commission]. Rajpatra, Department of Printing (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  12. "Auswertung der Wahlergebnisse vom 15. November 1994" [Evaluation of the results of the 15 November 1994 election] (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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