Taplejung 1 (constituency)

Taplejung 1
Parliamentary constituency
Taplejung 1 in Province No. 1
Province	Province No. 1
District	Taplejung District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Yogesh Bhattarai
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Til Kumar Menyangbo Limbu, CPN (UML)
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Khagen Singh Hangam, (NC)

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

Incorporated areas

Taplejung 1 incorporates the entirety of Taplejung District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

• Taplejung 1(A)
• Taplejung 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Kul Prasad Upreti	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Mani Lama	Nepali Congress
	1999	Til Kumar Meyangbo Limbu	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Surya Man Gurung	Nepali Congress
	2013	Bhupendra Thebe	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Bal Bahadur Samsohang CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Tanka Bahadur Angbuhang CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Maoist Centre)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yogesh Bhattarai	CPN (UML)	21,943	47.30
	Khel Prasad Budhachhetri	CPN (Maoist Centre)	21,735	46.85
	Others		2,713	5.85
Total			46,391	100.00
Majority			208
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

1(A) Candidate Party Votes % Til Bahadur Myangbo CPN (UML) 12,772 49.94 Khem Bahadur Banem CPN (Unified Socialist) 8,733 34.15 Bhupendra Mabe Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch 1,256 4.91 Chandra Bahadur Thapa Rastriya Prajatantra Party 837 3.27 Mina Kumari Gurung Independent 833 3.26 Yugaraj Gurung People's Socialist Party 722 2.82 Others 423 1.65 Total 25,576 100.00 Majority 4,039 CPN (UML) Source: [2]

1(B) Candidate Party Votes % Khagen Singh Hangam Nepali Congress 10,496 49.90 Gopal Thopra CPN (UML) 9,248 43.96 Others 1,292 6.14 Total 21,036 100.00 Majority 1,248 Nepali Congress Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yogesh Bhattarai	CPN (UML)	29,479	59.74
	Keshav Prasad Dahal	Nepali Congress	16,888	34.22
	Bishnu Kumar Limbu	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	1,591	3.22
	Others		1,387	2.81
Total			49,345	100.00
Valid votes			49,345	95.49
Invalid/blank votes			2,333	4.51
Total votes			51,678	100.00
Majority			12,591
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [3]

2017 provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bal Bahadur Samsohang 15,417 Nepali Congress Lila Devi Bokhim 10,974 Others 1,462 Invalid votes 1,064 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Tanka Angbahang Limbu 12,198 Nepali Congress Dipendra Kumar Sendang 7,587 Others 1,455 Invalid votes 1,706 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bhupendra Thebe	CPN (UML)	7,434	32.02
	Lila Devi Bokhim Limbu	Nepali Congress	7,295	31.42
	Sanchapal Maden	UCPN (Maoist)	6,279	27.04
	Amir Maden	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	1,004	4.32
	Others		1,208	5.20
Total			23,220	100.00
Valid votes			23,220	96.38
Invalid/blank votes			873	3.62
Total votes			24,093	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			32,950	73.12
Majority			139
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: [4] [5] [6]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Surya Man Gurung	8,719
	CPN (Maoist)	Surendra Kumar Karki	8,407
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Til Kumar Manyangbe	7,960
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Kritiman Maden	3,248
	Others		561
Invalid votes			1,150
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission [7]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Til Kumar Meyangbo Limbu	13,636
	Nepali Congress	Surya Man Gurung	13,472
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Padam Bahadur Yengden	1,786
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Kedar Nath Dahal	1,502
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Kul Prasad Uprety	1,289
	Independent	Ram Bahadur Thebe	427
Invalid Votes			606
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission [8] [9]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Mani Lama	10,742
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kaji Man Samsohang	9,822
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bijay Prakash Teve	4,877
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Nar Bahdur Maden	2,405
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission [8]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kul Prasad Upreti	12,703
	Nepali Congress	Mani Lama	8,757
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. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
3. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal.
4. "Download FPTP Results(XML)". 2017-05-20. Archived from the original on 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
5. "पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचनमा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार सदर मत र बदर मत". archive.ph. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
6. "निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या" (PDF). 2014-04-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
7. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
8. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
9. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

• Constituency map of Taplejung