Dhanusha 1

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Dhanusha 1 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Dhanusha 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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Dhanusha 1
Parliamentary constituency
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Dhanusha 1 in Madhesh Province
Province Madhesh
District Dhanusha District
Electorate126,003
Major settlements
Current constituency
Created1991
Party  NCP
Member of Parliament Matrika Prasad Yadav
Municipalities

Incorporated areas

Dhanusha 1 incorporates Ganeshman Charnath Municipality, Dhanushadham Municipality, Sabaila Municipality, wards 1, 3, 4 and 5 of Mithila Bihari Municipality, wards 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 of Hansapur Municipality, ward 4 of Mithila Municipality and wards 8 and 9 of Chhirreshwarnath Municipality

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Madhesh Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1991 Shivadhari Yadav Nepali Congress
1994 Ram Chandra Jha CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Smriti Narayan Chaudhary Nepali Congress
2008 Ram Chandra Jha CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2013Dinesh Prasad Parsaila Yadav Nepali Congress
2017 Matrika Prasad Yadav CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
2022 Dipak Karki People's Socialist Party, Nepal
2026 Matrika Prasad Yadav Nepali Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2026 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Matrika Prasad Yadav Nepali Communist Party 10,43025.24
Ram Paltan Sah Nepali Congress 9,50222.99
Ramchandra Mandal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 9,31522.54
Dipak Karki Janata Samjbadi Party, Nepal 4,14510.03
Manoj Malla Thakuri Rastriya Prajatantra Party 3,7299.02
Brahmadev Mahto Janamat Party 2,4045.82
Mahesh Kumar Yadav Ujyaalo Nepal Party 3670.89
Raj Narayan SahIndependent3200.77
Bihari Raya Amat Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) 2370.57
Kishori Sah Kamal Rastriya Swatantra Party 00.00
Others8792.13
Total41,328100.00
Registered voters/turnout126,038
Majority928
Nepali Communist Party gain
Source: [2] [3]

Total Voters: 126,038 · Votes Cast: 78,463 (62.25%)

Votes cast for the Rastriya Swatantra Party (Bell symbol) were counted but not publicly disclosed after the party's candidate was disqualified prior to polling. [4] [5] [6]

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Dipak Karki People's Socialist Party, Nepal 27,43137.53
Matrika Prasad Yadav CPN (Maoist Centre) 21,48329.39
Kishori Sah Kamal Janamat Party 14,46719.79
Manoj Malla Thakuri Rastriya Prajatantra Party 8,27311.32
Others1,4441.98
Total73,098100.00
Majority5,948
People's Socialist Party, Nepal gain
Source: [7]

2022 Nepalese provincial elections

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Matrika Prasad Yadav 26,418
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Deepak Karki17,296
Nepali Congress Ananda Prasad Dhungana 15,679
Independent Manoj Malla Thakuri3,492
Others1,812
Invalid votes4,471
ResultMaoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali Congress Dinesh Prasad Parsaila Yadav8,827
Independent Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav7,946
UCPN (Maoist) Ram Chandra Jha5,310
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ratneshwor Goit Yadav4,175
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Uma Shankar Argariya3,137
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Arun Singh Mandal Dhanuk1,327
Others4,085
ResultCongress gain
Source: NepalNews [8]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Chandra Jha12,183
CPN (Maoist) Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav9,608
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Gajadhar Rohita Yadav6,210
Nepali Congress Smriti Narayan Chaudhary5,354
Others4,733
Invalid votes2,932
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [9]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali Congress Smriti Narayan Chaudhary20,095
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Chandra Jha18,352
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Ratneshwor Goit7,228
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Guru Sharan Rohita1,035
Others1,377
Invalid Votes1,457
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission [10] [11]

1994 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Chandra Jha20,749
Nepali Congress Shiva Dhari Yadav14,317
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Madan Giri4,677
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Pradip Goit1,637
Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal Asarphi Minbar1,636
Others647
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [10]

1991 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali Congress Shivadhari Yadav16,616
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yogendra Shah16,371
ResultCongress gain
Source:

See also

References

  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies" . Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "NCP's Yadav elected HoR member from Dhanusha-1". The Rising Nepal.
  3. "Matrika Yadav's journey from peace process to fourth term in Parliament". The Kathmandu Post.
  4. "Election Commission scraps candidacy of RSP's Kishori Sah". Kathmandu Post.
  5. "धनुषा–१ को अन्तिम मतपरिणाम सार्वजनिक नगर्न आयोगको निर्देशन". कान्तिपुर (in Nepali).
  6. "किशोरी साहको रिटमा सर्वोच्चले दिएन अन्तरिम आदेश, मात्रिकाको सांसद पद कायम". अनलाइनखबर (in Nepali).
  7. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  8. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  9. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  10. 1 2 "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  11. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.