Darchula 1 is the parliamentary constituency of Darchula District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
Incorporated areas Darchula 1 incorporates the entirety of Darchula District.
Assembly segments It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment
Darchula 1(A) Darchula 1(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly ElectionMemberParty1991Dilendra Prasad BaduNepali Congress1994Prem Singh DhamiCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)1999Dilendra Prasad BaduNepali Congress2008Laxman Dutta JoshiCPN (Maoist)January 2009UCPN (Maoist)2013Ganesh Singh ThagunnaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2022Dilendra Prasad BaduNepali Congress
Provincial Assembly
1(A) ElectionMemberParty2017Gelbu Singh BohoraCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
1(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Man Bahadur DhamiCPN (Maoist Centre)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
Election results
Election in the 2020s
2022 general election
Election in the 2010s
2017 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ganesh Singh Thagunna28,998Nepali CongressBikram Singh Dhami22,233Others969Invalid votes2,347ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
1(A) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Gelbu Singh Bohora16,073Nepali CongressMadan Giri12,598Others496Invalid votes1,053ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
1(B) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist Centre)Man Bahadur Dhami12,956Nepali CongressJagadish Bahaur Pal9,575Others799Invalid votes993ResultMaoist Centre gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ganesh Singh Thagunna20,470Nepali CongressDilendra Prasad Badu19,236UCPN (Maoist)Lalit Singh Thagunna9,017Others2,239ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: NepalNews
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Laxman Dutta Joshi25,404CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ganesh Singh Thagunna12,813Nepali CongressDilendra Prasad Badu12,599Rastriya Prajatantra PartyBhawan Singh Kunwar2,001Others805Invalid votes2,329ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission
Election in the 1990s
1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressDilendra Prasad Badu22,379CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bir Bahadur Thagunna16,656Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)Pratap Ram Lauhar3,232CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Kirti Chand Thakur2,920Others654Invalid votes528ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Prem Singh Dhami15,708Nepali CongressDilendra Prasad Badu11,611Rastriya Prajatantra PartyIndra Bahadur Bam5,747IndependentAkbar Bahadur Singh2,308IndependentKirti Chandra Thakur2,179Others164ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressDilendra Prasad Badu9,678CPN (Democratic)3,641ResultCongress gainSource:
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
References
External links
Constituency map of Darchula