Darchula 1

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Darchula 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
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Darchula 1 in Sudurpashchim Province
Protected areas in green
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Assembly segments Darchula 1(A) (red) and Darchula 1(B) (blue) within Darchula District
Province Sudurpashchim Province
District Darchula District
Electorate78,513
Current constituency
Created1991
Party Nepali Congress
MP Dilendra Prasad Badu
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(A)		Gelbu Singh Bohora (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(B)		Man Bahadur Dhami (NCP)

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

Contents

Incorporated areas

Darchula 1 incorporates the entirety of Darchula District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1991 Dilendra Prasad Badu Nepali Congress
1994 Prem Singh Dhami CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Dilendra Prasad Badu Nepali Congress
2008 Laxman Dutta Joshi CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Ganesh Singh Thagunna CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Dilendra Prasad Badu Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Dilendra Prasad Badu Nepali Congress 28,51551.17
Ganesh Singh Thagunna CPN (UML) 26,38147.34
Others8271.48
Total55,723100.00
Majority2,134
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ganesh Singh Thagunna 28,998
Nepali Congress Bikram Singh Dhami22,233
Others969
Invalid votes2,347
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ganesh Singh Thagunna 20,470
Nepali Congress Dilendra Prasad Badu 19,236
UCPN (Maoist) Lalit Singh Thagunna9,017
Others2,239
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews [3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist) Laxman Dutta Joshi 25,404
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ganesh Singh Thagunna 12,813
Nepali Congress Dilendra Prasad Badu 12,599
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bhawan Singh Kunwar2,001
Others805
Invalid votes2,329
ResultMaoist gain
Source: Election Commission [4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali Congress Dilendra Prasad Badu 22,379
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bir Bahadur Thagunna 16,656
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Pratap Ram Lauhar3,232
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Kirti Chand Thakur2,920
Others654
Invalid votes528
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission [5] [6]

1994 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prem Singh Dhami 15,708
Nepali Congress Dilendra Prasad Badu 11,611
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Indra Bahadur Bam5,747
Independent Akbar Bahadur Singh2,308
Independent Kirti Chandra Thakur2,179
Others164
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [5]

1991 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali Congress Dilendra Prasad Badu 9,678
CPN (Democratic) 3,641
ResultCongress gain
Source:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies" . Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ↑ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  3. ↑ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. ↑ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. 1 2 "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ↑ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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