Panchthar 1

Panchthar 1
Parliamentary Constituency
Province	Province No. 1
District	Panchthar District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Basanta Kumar Nemwang

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

Incorporated areas

Panchthar 1 incorporates the entirety of Panchthar District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

• Panchthar 1(A)
• Panchthar 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Basanta Kumar Nemwang	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Dipak Prakash Baskota	Nepali Congress
	1999	Basanta Kumar Nemwang	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Purna Kumar Sharma	Nepali Congress
	2013	Ganesh Kumar Kambang	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Basanta Kumar Nemwang
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

1(A Election Member Party 2017 Rajan Rai CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Ram Kumar Rai CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Basanta Kumar Nemwang	38,641
	Nepali Congress	Bhishma Raj Angdembe	28,025
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Prem Raj Lawati	1,994
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Sagar Kerung	1,593
	Others		1,929
Invalid votes			4,095
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ganesh Kumar Kambang 21,010 Nepali Congress Narendra Kumar Kerung 16,078 Others 2,320 Invalid votes 2,173 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Indra Bahadur Angbo 16,908 Nepali Congress Surendra Kumar Dahal 12,117 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Yabiraj Angdembo 2,040 Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Dipendra Chemjong 1,157 Others 1,455 Invalid votes 2,479 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ganesh Kumar Kambang	13,082
	Nepali Congress	Narendra Kumar Kerung	11,518
	UCPN (Maoist)	Aindra Kumar Kerung	3,092
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Sajung Shundar Lawati	1,589
	Federal Socialist Party, Nepal	Rajendra Kumar Jawegu	1,445
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Prem Raj Thamsuhang	1,103
	Federal Limbuwan State Council	Surendra Prakash Jawegu	1,044
	Others		1,539
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews [2]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Purna Kumar Sharma	12,920
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ganesh Kumar Kambang	12,913
	CPN (Maoist)	Shri Prasad Jawegu	10,708
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Mitra Lingden	2,911
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Man Bahadur Jawegu	1,670
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Yahang Bir Kerung	1,113
	Others		561
Invalid votes			2,465
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission [3]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Basanta Kumar Nemwang	17,680
	Nepali Congress	Dipak Prakash Baskota	15,191
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Bam Bahadur Yongya	7,882
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Man Bahdur Jabegu	1,933
	Others		1,836
Invalid Votes			762
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [4] [5]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dipak Prakash Baskota	13,949
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Basanta Kumar Nemwang	12,989
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Padma Sundar Lawati	11,487
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Lakshmi Prakash Tumwapo	920
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission [4]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Basanta Kumar Nemwang	13,457
	Nepali Congress	Dipak Prakash Baskota	3,180
Result		CPN (UML) 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 Panchthar