Dhankuta 1 (constituency)

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Dhankuta 1
Parliamentary constituency
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Dhankuta 1 in Koshi Province
Province Koshi Province
District Dhankuta District
Current constituency
Created1991
Member of
Parliament 		Rajendra Kumar Rai, UML
Koshi MPA
1(A) 		Niran Rai, UML
Koshi MPA
1(B) 		Indra Mani Parajuli, UML

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

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Incorporated areas

Dhankuta 1 incorporates the entirety of Dhankuta District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1991 Rakam Chemjong CPN (UML)
March 1998 CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Durga Linkha CPN (UML)
2008 Hem Raj Bhandari CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 Maoist Centre
2013 Tika Ram Chemjong Limbu CPN (UML)
2017 Rajendra Kumar Rai
May 2018 NCP
March 2021 CPN (UML)

Provincial Assembly


Election results

Election in the 2020s

2026 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rajendra Kumar Rai CPN (UML) 18,13230.62
Dinesh Rai Nepali Congress 14,25724.08
San Bahadur Tamang SSP 11,93220.15
Dinesh Bhandari RSP 9,94416.80
Dharma Prasad Paudel NCP 1,6652.81
Lakpa Tamang Ind 1,1811.99
Bibhatsu Thapa RPP 7031.19
Others1,3942.35
Total59,208100.00
Majority
CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rajendra Kumar Rai CPN (UML) 30,10145.11
Sunil Bahadur Thapa Nepali Congress 28,70443.02
Hemraj Bhandari Independent 5,9268.88
Kumar Bahadur Thapa RPP 1,0591.59
Others9371.40
Total66,727100.00
Majority1,397
CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

Election in the 2010s

2017 general elections

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rajendra Kumar Rai CPN (UML) 37,33356.09
Sunil Bahadur Thapa RPP (Democratic) 26,87440.37
Subhan Singh RaiURPP (Nationalist)1,3902.09
Others9671.45
Total66,564100.00
Valid votes66,56494.71
Invalid/blank votes3,7165.29
Total votes70,280100.00
CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission [3]

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Tika Ram Chemjong Limbu CPN (UML) 10,95335.23
Ajit Narayan Singh Thapa Nepali Congress 7,44823.96
Hem Raj Bhandari UCPN (Maoist) 4,79715.43
Rakam Chemjong FSP-N 4,59414.78
Dharma Dhoj Rai RPP 2,0486.59
Others1,2504.02
Total31,090100.00
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [5] [6] [7]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hem Raj Bhandari CPN (Maoist) 17,20247.06
Rakam Chemjong CPN (UML) 11,17430.57
Manohar Narayan Shrestha Nepali Congress 6,12916.77
Others2,0495.61
Total36,554100.00
Valid votes36,55496.35
Invalid/blank votes1,3863.65
Total votes37,940100.00
CPN (Maoist) gain
Source: Election Commission [8]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

CandidatePartyVotes%
Durga Linkha CPN (UML) 15,51243.67
Hari Kumar Rai Nepali Congress 11,20731.55
Rakam Chemjong CPN (Marxist–Leninist) 4,68513.19
Santosh Kumar Phago Rastriya Prajatantra Party 2,8808.11
Others1,2333.47
Total35,517100.00
Valid votes35,51797.99
Invalid/blank votes7272.01
Total votes36,244100.00
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [9] [10]

1994 legislative elections

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rakam Chemjong CPN (UML) 12,57440.35
Mohan Pokharel RPP 9,73731.25
Hari Kumar Rai Nepali Congress 8,20926.34
Bhim Bahadur Limbu Janamukti 6432.06
Total31,163100.00
CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission [9] [11]

1991 legislative elections

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rakam Chemjong CPN (UML) 17,61069.06
Janak Singh Limbu Nepali Congress 7,89030.94
Total25,500100.00
CPN (UML) gain
Source: [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies" . Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  3. ↑ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" [Report of the 2017 House of Representatives member election](PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali).
  4. 1 2 "प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन, २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" [Report of the 2017 Provincial Assembly member election](PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali).
  5. ↑ "Download FPTP Results(XML)". Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचनमा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार सदर मत र बदर मत" [Valid and Invalid votes for First Past the Post voting by Constituency]. Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Retrieved 5 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या" [Electorate by constituency](PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Constituent Assembly Election 2064 List of Winning Candidates". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates (Comparative)". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Election Results' 99". Nepal Research. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Auswertung der Wahlergebnisse vom 15. November 1994" [Evaluation of the results of the 15 November 1994 election](PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Election 1991 Constituency Results" (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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