Dailekh 1 (constituency)

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

Dailekh 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Dailekh 1 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Dailekh 1(A) (red) and Dailekh 1(B) (blue) within Dailekh District
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictDailekh District
Electorate70,190
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of members3
Member of
Parliament		Amar Bahadur Thapa,
Unified Socialist
Karnali
MPA 1(A)		Purna Bahadur Khatri,
Congress
Karnali
MPA 1(B)		Krishna Kumar B.C.,
Congress

Incorporated areas

Dailekh 1 incorporates Gurans Rural Municipality, Dungeshwor Rural Municipality, Bhagwatimai Rural Municipality, Narayan Municipality, Naumule Rural Municipality and Mahabu Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Dailekh 1(A)
  • Dailekh 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Ganesh Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
1999 Nar Bahadur Hamal CPN (UML)
2008 Ganesh Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
2013 Amar Bahadur Thapa CPN (UML)
2017 Rabindra Raj Sharma
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (UML)
2022 Amar Bahadur Thapa CPN (Unified Socialist)

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2022 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Amar Bahadur ThapaCPN (Unified Socialist)18,29743.75
Rabindra Raj SharmaCPN (UML)17,44541.71
Kunti Kumari ShahiRastriya Prajatantra Party4,61211.03
Others1,4673.51
Total41,821100.00
Majority852
CPN (Unified Socialist) gain
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

2017 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Rabindra Raj SharmaCPN (UML)23,77355.51
Deepak Kumar ShahiRastriya Prajatantra Party17,25240.28
Others1,8054.21
Total42,830100.00
Valid votes42,83094.14
Invalid/blank votes2,6665.86
Total votes45,496100.00
Registered voters/turnout70,19064.82
Majority6,521
CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[3]

2017 provincial election

2013 Constituent Assembly election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Amar Bahadur ThapaCPN (UML)15,67037.61
Ganesh Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress11,89428.55
Tej Bahadur ChandUCPN (Maoist)7,04516.91
Bhakta Bahadur ShahiRastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal2,0334.88
Nar Singh MallaIndependent1,9774.75
Others3,0437.30
Total41,662100.00
Valid votes41,66294.30
Invalid/blank votes2,5185.70
Total votes44,180100.00
Registered voters/turnout57,62676.67
Majority3,776
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6][7]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ganesh Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress16,28034.30
Amar Bahadur ThapaCPN (UML)14,15129.81
Karna Bahadur BasnetCPN (Maoist)12,53626.41
Narma Kumari GuruNepal Workers Peasants Party1,6673.51
Others2,8295.96
Total47,463100.00
Valid votes47,46395.60
Invalid/blank votes2,1834.40
Total votes49,646100.00
Registered voters/turnout82,16360.42
Majority2,129
Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[8]

1999 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Nar Bahadur HamalCPN (UML)17,04740.47
Ganesh Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress15,76537.42
Bhakta Bahadur ShahiRastriya Prajatantra Party5,09112.09
Ratna Bahadur ShresthaNepal Workers Peasants Party1,2172.89
Tek Bahadur ThapaRastriya Janamukti Party1,0742.55
Others1,9324.59
Total42,126100.00
Valid votes42,12698.58
Invalid/blank votes6071.42
Total votes42,733100.00
Registered voters/turnout65,53865.20
Majority1,282
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[9][10]

1994 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ganesh Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress10,69532.30
Rang Nath JoshiNepal Workers Peasants Party8,50825.69
Dan Bahadur ShahiRastriya Prajatantra Party6,96021.02
Rabindra Raj SharmaCPN (UML)4,53013.68
Others2,4217.31
Total33,114100.00
Majority2,187
Nepali Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[9][11]

1991 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ganesh Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress13,46754.45
Mani Ram RegmiNepal Workers Peasants Party11,26445.55
Total24,731100.00
Majority2,203
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [12]

See also

References
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