Bajhang 1 (constituency)

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Bajhang 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
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Assembly segments Bajhang 1(A) (red) and Bajhang 1(B) (blue) within Bajhang District
Protected areas in green
Province Sudurpashchim Province
District Bajhang District
Electorate104,275
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of members3
Member of
Parliament
Bhanu Bhakta Joshi,
Unified Socialist
Sudurpashchim
MPA
1(A)
Prithvi Bahadur Singh,
Congress
Sudurpashchim
MPA
1(B)
Bhim Bahadur Bhandari,
Maoist Centre

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

Contents

Incorporated areas

Bajhang 1 incorporates the entirety of Bajhang District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1991 Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh Nepali Congress
1994 Bhanu Bhakta Joshi CPN (UML)
1999 Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh Nepali Congress
2008 Bhanu Bhakta Joshi CPN (UML)
2013 Man Prasad Khatri
2017 Bhairab Bahadur Singh
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (UML)
2022 Bhanu Bhakta Joshi CPN (Unified Socialist)

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2024 by-election For Bajhang 1 (A)

CandidatePartyVotes%
Daman Bahadur Bhandari CPN (UML) 11,61339.09
Abhisek Bahadur Singha Nepali Congress 11,34638.20
Janak Bahadur Buda CPN (Maoist Center) 3,83112.90
Others2,9159.81
Total29,705100.00
Majority267
Source: [2]

Total Voters: 61748; Votes Cast:30337; Valid Votes: 29705; Invalid Votes: 632


2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Bhanu Bhakta Joshi CPN (Unified Socialist) 28,41348.48
Ain Bahadur Magar CPN (UML) 27,41246.77
Biswo Prakash Jethara Rastriya Prajatantra Party 1,2082.06
Others1,5802.70
Total58,613100.00
Majority1,001
CPN (Unified Socialist) gain
Source: [3]

2022 provincial election

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhairav Bahadur Singh 34,602
Nepali Congress Prithvi Bahadur Singh26,910
Others1,820
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Man Prasad Khatri 11,530
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 10,708
UCPN (Maoist) Dev Raj Regmi7,353
Others1,930
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: NepalNews [4]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhanu Bhakta Joshi 13,955
CPN (Maoist) Dev Raj Regmi12,148
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 10,092
Others2,248
Invalid votes1,124
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [5]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 14,209
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Arjun Bahadur Thapa13,827
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Keshav Raj Joshi1,988
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Gagan Jang Bahadur Singh1,885
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Kummendra Rokaya183
Invalid votes601
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission [6] [7]

1994 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhanu Bhakta Joshi 12,603
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 6,640
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Gagan Jang Bahadur Singh2,906
Independent Satya Ram Bhandari2,607
Independent Prem Bahadur Khati729
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [6]

1991 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali Congress Arjun Jang Bahadur Singh 9,646
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 8,882
ResultCongress gain
Source:

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