Tanahun 1 (constituency)
| Tanahun 1 | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives | |
 Tanahun 1 in Gandaki Province | |
 Assembly segments Tahaun 1(A) and Tanahun 1(B) within Tanahun District | |
| Province | Gandaki Province |
| District | Tanahun District |
| Electorate | 105,572 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1991 |
| Party | Rastriya Swatantra Party |
| MP | Swarnim Wagle |
| Gandaki MPA 1(A) | Ashok Kumar Shrestha(NC) |
| Gandaki MPA 1(B) | Hari Bahadur Chuman (CPN Maoist Centre) |
Tanahun 1 is one of two parliamentary constituencies of Tanahun District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]
Incorporated areas
Tanahun 1 incorporates Devghat Rural Municipality, Anbukhaireni Rural Municipality, Bandipur Rural Municipality, Bhanu Municipality and, wards 1–4 and 7–11 of Byas Municipality.
Assembly segments
It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment
- Tanahun 1(A)
- Tanahun 1(B)
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Ram Chandra Paudel | Nepali Congress | |
| 1994 | Govinda Raj Joshi | ||
| 2008 | Suresh Kumar Ale Magar | CPN (Maoist) | |
| January 2009 | UCPN (Maoist) | ||
| 2013 | Shankar Bhandari | Nepali Congress | |
| 2017 | Krishna Kumar Shrestha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party | ||
| March 2021 | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | ||
| August 2021 | CPN (Unified Socialist) | ||
| 2022 | Ram Chandra Paudel | Nepali Congress | |
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Election results
Election in the 2020s
2023 by-election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swarnim Wagle | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 34,919 | 54.45 | |
| Gobinda Bhattarai | Nepali Congress | 20,122 | 31.37 | |
| Sarbendra Khanal | CPN (UML) | 8,488 | 13.23 | |
| Others | 606 | 0.94 | ||
| Total | 64,135 | 100.00 | ||
| Majority | 14,797 | |||
| Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | ||||
| Source: Election Commission of Nepal | ||||
2022 general election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ram Chandra Paudel | Nepali Congress | 25,361 | 40.45 | |
| Ek Bahadur Rana Magar | CPN (UML) | 19,981 | 31.87 | |
| Govinda Raj Joshi | Independent | 6,886 | 10.98 | |
| Bikas Sigdel | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 6,044 | 9.64 | |
| Binod Kumar Gharti | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 2,484 | 3.96 | |
| Others | 1,939 | 3.09 | ||
| Total | 62,695 | 100.00 | ||
| Majority | 5,380 | |||
| Nepali Congress gain | ||||
| Source: [2] | ||||
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Election in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Kumar Shrestha | 34,492 | |
| Nepali Congress | Ram Chandra Paudel | 27,690 | |
| CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Man Bahadur Thapa | 1,231 | |
| Others | 918 | ||
| Invalid votes | 3,472 | ||
| Result | CPN (UML) gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Shankar Bhandari | 15,713 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Bahadur Gurung | 11,018 | |
| UCPN (Maoist) | Sita Pokharel | 6,480 | |
| Others | 1,924 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: NepalNews[3] | |||
Election in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Maoist) | Suresh Kumar Ale Magar | 17,744 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ek Bahadur Rana Magar | 10,566 | |
| Nepali Congress | Govinda Raj Joshi | 10,477 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Amar Singh Guru | 1,094 | |
| Others | 2,635 | ||
| Invalid votes | 2,407 | ||
| Result | Maoist gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[4] | |||
Election in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Govinda Raj Joshi | 23,205 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ek Bahadur Rana Magar | 15,908 | |
| Rastriya Janamukti Party | Ganesh Bahadur Gurung | 1,891 | |
| CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Babu Krishna Pandey | 1,436 | |
| Others | 965 | ||
| Invalid Votes | 669 | ||
| Result | Congress hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission[5][6] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Govinda Raj Joshi | 19,086 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ek Bahadur Rana Magar | 11,322 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Chhetra Pratap Adhikari | 6,147 | |
| Others | 1,526 | ||
| Result | Congress hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission[5] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Ram Chandra Paudel | 18,268 | |
| Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal | Ram Nath Sharma "Aakhil" | 13,859 | |
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: [1] | |||
See also
References
- ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ a b c "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
- ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.