Syangja 1 (constituency)

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

Syangja 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Syangja 1 in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Syangja 1(A) and Syangja 1(B) within Syangja District
ProvinceGandaki Province
DistrictSyangja District
Electorate108,689
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepali Congress
MPRaju Thapa
Gandaki
MPA
1(A)
Deepak Thapa (NCP)
Gandaki
MPA
1(B)
Min Prasad Gurung (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Syangja 1 incorporates Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality, Aandhikhola Rural Municipality, Phedikhola Rural Municipality, Putalibazar Municipality, Biruwa Rural Municipality, Harinas Rural Municipality, wards 1–4 of Bhirkot Municipality and, wards 3 and 4 of Waling Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

  • Syangja 1(A)
  • Syangja 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Gopal Man Shrestha Nepali Congress
1994 Trilochan Sharma Dhakal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Hit Kaji Gurung
2013 Raju Thapa Nepali Congress
2017 Narayan Prasad Marasini CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Raju Thapa Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Raju ThapaNepali Congress31,99946.65
Narayan Prasad MarasiniCPN (UML)28,74441.90
Bodhraj RegmiRastriya Swatantra Party6,0658.84
Others1,7862.60
Total68,594100.00
Majority3,255
Nepali Congress
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Narayan Prasad Marasini 39,226
Nepali Congress Raju Thapa 28,662
Others 588
Invalid votes 1,729
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Raju Thapa 16,699
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Narayan Prasad Marasini 15,411
UCPN (Maoist) Shailendra Ghimire 4,710
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Chandra Bahadur Gurung 1,881
Others 1,834
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hit Kaji Gurung 18,101
Nepali Congress Kamal Prasad Pangeni 16,394
CPN (Maoist) Deepak Thapa 12,733
CPN (United) Thakur Prasad Sharma 1,283
Others 1,734
Invalid votes 2,333
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hit Kaji Gurung 22,733
Nepali Congress Jagar Bandhu Aryal 20,722
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chandra Bahadur Gurung 4,848
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Amar Nath Sharma 1,165
Others 503
Invalid Votes 927
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Trilochan Sharma Dhakal 20,969
Nepali Congress K.P. Rudra Man Gurung 18,974
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Jhum Bahadur Gurung 4,989
Others 1,283
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Gopal Man Shrestha 17,266
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 10,262
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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