Gorkha 1 is one of two parliamentary constituencies of Gorkha District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
Incorporated areas Gorkha 1 incorporates Tshum Nubri Rural Municipality, Dharche Rural Municipality, Arughat Rural Municipality, Bhimsen Rural Municipality, Gandaki Rural Municipality, Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality and wards 1–7 of Gorkha Municipality.
Assembly segments It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment
Gorkha 1(A) Gorkha 1(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly ElectionMemberParty1991Chiranjibi WagleNepali Congress2008Parbati Thapa ShresthaCPN (Maoist)January 2009UCPN (Maoist)2013Dr. Baburam Bhattarai2017Hari Raj AdhikariCPN (Maoist Centre)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Maoist Centre)2022Rajendra BajgaiNepali Congress2026Sudan GurungGhante RSP
Provincial Assembly
1(A) ElectionMemberParty2017Lekh Bahadur Thapa MagarCPN (Maoist Centre)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
1(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Ram Sharan BasnetCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
Election results
Election in the 2020s
2022 general election
2022 provincial election
1(A)
1(B)
Election in the 2010s
2017 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist Centre)Hari Raj Adhikari29,860Nepali CongressChinkaji Shrestha26,643CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Narayan Babu Acharya1,639Others1,242Invalid votes4,320ResultMaoist Centre holdSource: Election Commission
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
1(A) PartyCandidateVotesCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)Lekh Bahadur Thapa Magar16,558Nepali CongressDhiran Thapa14,019Others548Invalid votes1,359ResultMaoist Centre gainSource: Election Commission
1(B) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Sharan Basnet16,656Nepali CongressRajendra Bajgain13,001 Mongol National OrganisationPrasad Gurung138Invalid votes1,256ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesUCPN (Maoist)Dr. Baburam Bhattarai22,824Nepali CongressKiran Babu Shrestha8,971CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Sharan Basnet4,944CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Narayan Babu Acharya1,557Others866ResultMaoist holdSource: NepalNews
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Parbati Thapa Shrestha40,606Nepali CongressChiranjibi Wagle9,142CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Baburam Thapa4,339Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRudra Raj Pandey1,436Others940Invalid votes1,832ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission
Election in the 1990s
1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressChiranjibi Wagle17,305CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Sharan Basnet13,438Rastriya Prajatantra PartyNarayan Malla5,641CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Surendra Bahadur Thapa2,580Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)Rajeshwar Devkota1,733Rastriya Janamukti PartyBhaikaji Rana1,128Others290Invalid Votes1,478ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressChiranjibi Wagle13,223Rastriya Prajatantra PartyNarayan Malla11,236CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rishi Ram Sharma4,426IndependentChet Bahadur Rana1,820Others1,420ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission
1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressChiranjibi Wagle15,496Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal12,986ResultCongress gainSource:
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
References
External links
Constituency map of Gorkha