Bhaktapur 1

Bhaktapur 1
Parliamentary Constituency
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Bhaktapur District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Workers Peasants Party
Member(s)	Prem Suwal

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

Incorporated areas

Bhaktapur 2 parliamentary constituency consists of Bhaktapur Municipality and Changunarayan Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

• Bhaktapur 1(A)
• Bhaktapur 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	Nepal Workers Peasants Party
	2017	Prem Suwal

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Hari Sharan Lamichhane CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party 2019 by-election Krishna Lal Bhadel Nepali Congress

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Surendra Raj Gosai Nepal Workers Peasants Party

Election results

Election in the 2010s

2019 by-elections

1(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Lal Bhadel	13,449
	Nepal Communist Party	Devi Prasad Dhakal	11,206
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Niraj Lawaju	5,829
	Others		1,108
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews [2]

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Prem Suwal	33,076
	Nepali Congress	Babu Raja Joshi	17,818
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Milan Suwal	15,374
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Dipesh Neupane	2,330
	Others		1,867
Result		NWP hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Bhaktapur 1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hari Sharan Lamichhane 12,789 Nepali Congress Jeevan Khatri 9,977 Nepal Workers Peasants Party Niraj Lawaju 7,019 Others 2,178 Result CPN UML) gain Source: Election Commission

Bhaktapur 1(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepal Workers Peasants Party Surendra Raj Gosai 23,885 CPN (Maoist Centre) Roman Shilakar 8,063 Nepali Congress Anil Bhuju 5,447 Others 1,182 Result NWPP gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	20,446
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Lal Bhadel	12,826
	UCPN (Maoist)	Sanu Suwal	6,296
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ranju Napit	5,668
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rabindra Pratap Shah	4,458
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Madhav Khatri	2,643
Result		NWPP hold
Source: NepalNews [2]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	19,972
	CPN (Maoist)	Debendra Shrestha	11,548
	Nepali Congress	Mahesh Shrestha	8,281
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Sundar Dhyo	7,327
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Surendra Pratap Shah	3,215
	Others		2,592
Result		NWPP hold
Source: Election Commission [3]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	16,533
	Nepali Congress	Ganesh Man Chakradhar	10,030
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sarswati Bati	8,096
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Surendra Pratap Shah	3,895
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Yabati Karki	1,992
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Sharan Dhimal	1,238
	Others		844
Invalid Votes			771
Result		NWPP hold
Source: Election Commission [4] [5]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	16,770
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Surendra Pratap Shah	9,438
	Nepali Congress	Radhe Shyam Jonche	8,137
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Narayan Bhakta Wati	5,689
	Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal	Kanchi Maharjan	412
Result		NWPP hold
Source: Election Commission [4]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	Narayan Man Bijukchhe	20,163
	Nepali Congress	Raghesh Man Jonche	13,732
Result		NWPP 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 Bhaktapur