Okhaldhunga 1 (constituency)

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Okhaldhunga 1
Parliamentary constituency
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Okhaldhunga 1 in Koshi Province
Province Koshi Province
District Okhaldhunga District
Current constituency
Created1991
Party Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament Ram Hari Khatiwada
Koshi MPA 1(A) Pradeep Kumar Sunuwar (NC)
Koshi MPA 1(B) Baburam Gautam (MC)

Okhaldhunga 1 is the parliamentary constituency of Okhaldhunga 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

Okhaldhunga 1 incorporates the entirety of Okhaldhunga District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1991 Bal Raj Karki Nepali Congress
1994 Chandra Kanta Dahal
1999 Hom Nath Dahal
2008 Keshav Rai CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Yagya Raj Sunuwar CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
2022 Ram Hari Khatiwada Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ram Hari Khatiwada Nepali Congress 33,55653.62
Yagya Raj Sunuwar CPN (UML) 26,73842.72
Others2,2913.66
Total62,585100.00
Majority6,818
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yagya Raj Sunuwar 32,580
Nepali Congress Ram Hari Khatiwada27,327
Others1,781
Invalid votes4,095
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yagya Raj Sunuwar 12,943
Nepali Congress Bal Krishna Dahal9,943
UCPN (Maoist) Keshav Rai2,963
Others1,869
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews [3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist) Keshav Rai11,635
Nepali Congress Bal Krishna Dahal9,054
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yagya Raj Sunuwar 8,920
Others1,921
Invalid votes1,488
ResultMaoist gain
Source: Election Commission [4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali Congress Hom Nath Dahal16,111
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Chabbi Lal Karki10,282
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Champak Sunuwar3,188
Independent Ambir Babu Gurung2,446
Others554
Invalid Votes815
ResultCongress hold
Source: Election Commission [5] [6]

1994 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali Congress Chandra Kanta Dahal8,691
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prem Narayan Premi7,587
Independent Gopal Rai5,708
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bhola Man Singh4,017
Others905
ResultCongress hold
Source: Election Commission [5]

1991 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali Congress Bal Raj Karki19,228
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Peshal Kumar Khatiwada6,056
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. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  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.