Achham 1

Achham 1
Parliamentary Constituency
Province	Sudurpashchim Province
District	Achham District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Bhim Bahadur Rawal

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

Incorporated areas

Achham 1 incorporates Sanphebagar Municipality, Mellekh Rural Municipality, Chaurpati Rural Municipality, Bannigadhi Jayagadh Rural Municipality and Ramaroshan Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

• Achham 1(A)
• Achham 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Bal Bahadur Kunwar	Nepali Congress
	1994	Bhim Bahadur Rawal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Gobinda Bahadur Shah	Nepali Congress
	2008	Sher Bahadur Kunwar	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2013	Bhim Bahadur Rawal
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Harka Bahadur Kunwar CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Jhapat Bahadur Bohora CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bhim Bahadur Rawal	24,893
	Nepali Congress	Bharat Kumar Swar	17,689
Invalid votes			1,298
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Harka Bahadur Kunwar 10,710 Nepali Congress Megh Raj Khadka 9,298 Invalid votes 463 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Jhapat Bahadur Bohora 13,937 Nepali Congress Tek Bahadur Saud 8,340 Deshbhakta Jana Ganatantrik Morcha Nepal Krishna Bahadur Khatri 185 Invalid votes 796 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bhim Bahadur Rawal	17,725
	Nepali Congress	Megh Raj Khadka	12,968
	UCPN (Maoist)	Deepak Bahadur Saud	10,967
	Others		773
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: NepalNews [2]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sher Bahadur Kunwar	21,631
	CPN (Maoist)	Jhapat Bahadur Saud	16,468
	Nepali Congress	Gobinda Bahadur Shah	13,454
	Others		1,423
Invalid votes			2,400
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [3]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Gobinda Bahadur Shah	27,690
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bhim Bahadur Rawal	23,457
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Jaya Bahadur Saud	1,839
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Gokul Prasad Khanal	1,768
	Others		287
Invalid votes			1,215
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission [4] [5]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bhim Bahadur Rawal	18,060
	Nepali Congress	Gobinda Bahadur Shah	13,059
	Independent	Bal Bahadur Kunwar	7,657
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Janak Bahadur Shah	2,865
	Independent	Takta Sunar	329
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [4]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bal Bahadur Kunwar	11,855
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		7,392
Result		Congress gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies" . Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". web.archive.org. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
3. "Ca Election report". web.archive.org. 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
4. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". web.archive.org. 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
5. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

• Constituency map of Achham