Kapilvastu 1 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Kapilvastu District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
Incorporated areas Kapilvastu 1 incorporates Suddhodhan Rural Municipality, Mayadevi Rural Municipality, Banganga Municipality and wards 8–11 of Kapilvastu Municipality.
Assembly segments It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
Kapilvastu 1(A) Kapilvastu 1(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly ElectionMemberParty1991Kamlesh Kumar SharmaNepali Congress1999Dan Bahadur ChaudharyCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2008Deep Kumar UpadhyayaNepali Congress2013Bal Ram AdhikariCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2017Chakrapani KhanalCPN (Maoist Centre)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Maoist Centre)2022Balram AdhikariCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 2026 Mohan Lal Acharya Rastriya Swatantra Party
Provincial Assembly
1(A)
ElectionMemberParty2017Bishnu Prasad PanthiCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
1(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Sahas Ram YadavFederal Socialist Forum, NepalMay 2019Samajbadi Party, NepalApril 2020People's Socialist Party, Nepal
Election results
Election in the 2020s
2022 general election
Election in the 2010s
2017 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist Centre)Chakrapani Khanal29,799Nepali CongressDeep Kumar Upadhyaya28,853Federal Socialist Forum, NepalAbdul Rashid Khan11,812Naya Shakti Party, NepalDan Bahadur Kurmi4,689Janasamjbadi Party NepalChet Narayan Upadhayay Panthi2,346Others3,488Invalid votes4,474ResultMaoist Centre gainSource: Election Commission
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
1(A) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bishnu Prasad Panthi25,527Nepali CongressPurna Prasad Chaudhary16,683 Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch (Tharuhat)Dinesh Prasad Kalwar3,958Others3,402Invalid votes1,909ResultMaoist Centre gainSource: Election Commission
1(B) PartyCandidateVotesFederal Socialist Forum, NepalSahas Ram Yadav7,398Rastriya Janata Party NepalMadhusudan Sharan Kurmi6,064CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Fazloor Rehman4,872IndependentAsraruddin Musalman3,643Nepali CongressRajesh Acharya2,955Bahujan Shakti PartyRam Newas Harijan1,894Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)Rajesh Singh1,894IndependentDipendra Kumar Chaudhary1,368Others1,387Invalid votes2,563ResultFSFN gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bal Ram Adhikari16,547Nepali CongressDeep Kumar Upadhyaya13,526UCPN (Maoist)Chakrapani Khanal5,850Tharuhat Terai Party NepalJwahar Lal Chaudhary4,719Others2,944ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: NepalNews
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressDeep Kumar Upadhyaya12,997CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bal Ram Adhikari12,802CPN (Maoist)Chandra Bahadur Chand11,730Terai Madhesh Loktantrik PartyJit Bahadur Chaudhary3,912CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Bishnu Raj Aryal1,200Rastriya JanamorchaGirdhari Lal Neupane1,002Others3,301Invalid votes2,129ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission
Election in the 1990s
1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Dan Bahadur Chaudhary14,494Nepali CongressKamalesh Kumar Sharma13,534Rastriya Prajatantra PartyDr. Guru Prasad Rajauriya9,227CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Megh Raj Gyawali3,588Others2,676Invalid votes1,175ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressKamlesh Kumar Sharma11,558CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Tika Ram Aryal7,370Independent6,585Nepal Sadbhavana PartyDan Bahadur Kurmi6,490Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRam Savaro Prasad Chaudhary3,076Others873ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission
1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressKamlesh Kumar Sharma13,329CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)5,591ResultCongress gainSource:
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
References
External links
Constituency map of Kapilvastu