Surkhet 1 (constituency)

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

Surkhet 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Surkhet 1 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Surkhet 1(A) (red) and Surkhet 1(B) (blue) within Surkhet District
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictSurkhet District
Electorate101,637
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of members3
Member of
Parliament
Purna Bahadur Khadka,
Congress
Karnali
MPA
1(A)
Khadga Bahadur Pokharel,
Congress
Karnali
MPA
1(B)
Kirshna Bahadur G.C.,
Maoist Centre

Incorporated areas

Surkhet 1 incorporates Gurbhakot Municipality, Bheriganga Municipality, Simta Rural Municipality, Chingad Rural Municipality, Lekbeshi Municipality and wards 15 and 16 of Birendranagar Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Surkhet 1(A)
  • Surkhet 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Purna Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
2008 Kamala Sharma CPN (UML)
2013 Purna Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
2017 Dhurba Kumar Shahi CPN (UML)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (UML)
2022 Purna Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress42,60756.35
Dhurba Kumar ShahiCPN (UML)30,98840.98
Others2,0202.67
Total75,615100.00
Majority11,619
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]
1(A)

2017 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Dhurba Kumar ShahiCPN (UML)36,75951.66
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress33,37746.91
Others1,0171.43
Total71,153100.00
Valid votes71,15397.81
Invalid/blank votes1,5942.19
Total votes72,747100.00
Registered voters/turnout101,63771.58
Majority3,382
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

2022 provincial election

2013 Constituent Assembly election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress17,30145.60
Kamala SharmaCPN (UML)15,39840.58
Thammar Bahadur BistaUCPN (Maoist)3,7809.96
Others1,4633.86
Total37,942100.00
Valid votes37,94297.74
Invalid/blank votes8782.26
Total votes38,820100.00
Registered voters/turnout47,93880.98
Majority1,903
Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6][7]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Kamala SharmaCPN (UML)18,80443.21
Lal Bahadur GhaleNepali Congress12,33528.35
Khadga Bahadur GhartiCPN (Maoist)10,87825.00
Others1,4993.44
Total43,516100.00
Valid votes43,51697.61
Invalid/blank votes1,0652.39
Total votes44,581100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,91365.64
Majority6,469
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[8]

1999 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress16,98047.16
Rishi Prasad SharmaCPN (UML)16,59446.09
Man Bahadur KhatriCPN (Marxist–Leninist)1,5234.23
Others9092.52
Total36,006100.00
Valid votes36,00698.31
Invalid/blank votes6201.69
Total votes36,626100.00
Registered voters/turnout49,87973.43
Majority386
Nepali Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[9][10]

1994 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress13,77145.25
Rishi Prasad SharmaCPN (UML)12,65441.58
Chandra Bahadur Budha MagarRastriya Prajatantra Party3,21310.56
Others7962.62
Total30,434100.00
Majority1,117
Nepali Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[9][11]

1991 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Purna Bahadur KhadkaNepali Congress21,63751.95
-CPN (UML)20,01648.05
Total41,653100.00
Majority1,621
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [12]

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.
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  5. "Download FPTP Results(XML)". Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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  7. "निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या" [Electorate by constituency] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  8. "Constituent Assembly Election 2064 List of Winning Candidates". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  9. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates (Comparative)". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  10. "Election Results' 99". Nepal Research. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  11. "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.
  12. "Election 1991 Constituency Results" (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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