Gulmi 1 (constituency)

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

Gulmi 1
Parliamentary constituency
Gulmi 1 in Lumbini Province
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictGulmi District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepali Congress
Member of Parliament Dr. Chandra Bhandari

Incorporated areas

Gulmi 1 incorporates Kaligandaki Rural Municipality, Satyawati Rural Municipality, Chandrakot Rural Municipality, Ruru Rural Municipality, Chatrakot Rural Municipality, Gulmidarbar Rural Municipality and wards 7–14 of Resunga Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Gulmi 1(A)
  • Gulmi 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Jhak Bahadur Pun Nepali Congress
1994 Ram Nath Dhakal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Fatik Bahadur Thapa
2008 Sudarshan Baral CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Krishna Bahadur Chhantyal Thapa Nepali Congress
2017 Pradeep Kumar Gyawali CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Chandra Kant Bhandari Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Chandra Kant BhandariNepali Congress33,74449.14
Pradeep Kumar GyawaliCPN (UML)32,15246.83
Damodar BhandariRastriya Swatantra Party1,8822.74
Others8861.29
Total68,664100.00
Majority1,592
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Pradeep Kumar Gyawali 37,814
Nepali Congress Chandra Kant Bhandari 30,256
Others 779
Invalid votes 1,717
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Krishna Bahadur Chhantyal Thapa 10,592
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Maina Kumari Bhandari 10,433
UCPN (Maoist) Sudarshan Baral 5,032
Rastriya Janamorcha Jaman Singh Singh Rana 1,051
Others 711
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Sudarshan Baral 14,165
Nepali Congress Subarna Jwarchan 9,701
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Maina Kumari Bhandari 9,067
Rastriya Janamorcha Jaman Singh Rana 1,784
Others 805
Invalid votes 1,637
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Fatik Bahadur Thapa 18,672
Nepali Congress Jhak Bahadur Pun 16,496
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Rup Singh Thapa 1,039
Others 1,372
Invalid votes 750
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Nath Dhakal 17,495
Nepali Congress Bhakta Bahadur Pun 14,573
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nar Bahadur Budhathoki 1,446
Others 720
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Jhak Bahadur Pun 16,767
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 14,153
Result Congress gain
Source:

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. "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.
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