Sunsari 1 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Sunsari District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
Incorporated areas Sunsari 1 incorporates Dharan Sub-metropolitan City, wards 1–5 of Barah Municipality and wards 6 and 7 of Ramdhuni Municipality
Assembly segments It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment
Sunsari 1(A) Sunsari 1(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly ElectionMemberParty1991Man Mohan AdhikariCPN (UML)1994Lila Shrestha Subba1999Kunta Sharma2008Kiran Kumar RaiCPN (Maoist)January 2009UCPN (Maoist)2013Krishna Kumar RaiCPN (UML)2017Jay Kumar RaiMay 2018Nepal Communist Party2022Ashok RaiPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal2026Harka SampangShram Sanskriti Party
Provincial Assembly
1(A) ElectionMemberParty2017Pradeep Kumar BhandariCPN (UML)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
1(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Bhim Prasad AcharyaCPN (UML)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
Election results
Election in the 2020s 2026 general election
2022 general election
Election in the 2010s
2017 general elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (UML)Jay Kumar Rai44,528Federal Socialist Forum, NepalAshok Kumar Rai22,123Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya ManchKrishna Man Limbu1,521CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Harka Raj Bista1,366Others3,212Invalid votes4,340ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
1(A) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (UML)Pradeep Kumar Bhandari19,243Nepali CongressKishore Rai13,770Others3,759Invalid votes1,689ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
1(B) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bhim Prasad Acharya20,211Nepali CongressBuddhi Bahadur Katuwal12,964Others3,320Invalid votes2,015ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (UML)Krishna Kumar Rai14,384Nepali CongressChandra Prasad Shrestha12,337UCPN (Maoist)Muksamahang Subba Limbu9,025Federal Socialist Party, NepalDhyan Bahadur Rai3,809Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalJudhha Bahadur Lohani1,112Rastriya Janamukti PartyChandra Bahadur Limbu1,042Others2,394ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: NepalNews
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Kiran Kumar Rai18,620CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Manoj Kumar Myangbo11,693Nepali CongressUma Bastola6,535CPN (United)Dipak Rai1,944Rastriya Prajatantra PartyMin Kumar Limbu1,625Others1,968Invalid votes2,760ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission
Election in the 1990s
1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (UML)Kunta Sharma14,843Nepali CongressChandra Prasad Shrestha13,032CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Dhyan Bahadur Rai5,799Rastriya Prajatantra PartyKrishna Kumar Rai4,251Rastriya Janamukti PartyShrawan Kumar Limbu3,204Others902Invalid Votes813ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (UML)Lila Shrestha Subba12,774Nepali CongressBinod Kumar Rai7,705Rastriya Prajatantra PartyKrishna Kumar Rap7,337Rastriya Janamukti PartyGore Bahadur Khapangi4,911Others902ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (UML)Man Mohan Adhikari27,784Nepali CongressBekh Dangol12,342ResultCPN (UML) gainSource:
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
References
External links
Constituency map of Sunsari