Dolakha 1 (constituency)

Dolakha 1
Dolakha 1
Parliamentary constituency
	Dolakha 1 in Bagmati Province
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Dolakha District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Parbat Gurung

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

Incorporated areas

Dolakha 1 incorporates the entirety of Dolakha District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

Dolakha 1(A)
Dolakha 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

	Member	Party
1991	Indra Bahadur Khadka	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994	Bhim Bahadur Tamang	Nepali Congress
1999	Pashupati Chaulagain	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008	Devi Khadka	CPN (Maoist)
January 2009	Devi Khadka	UCPN (Maoist)
2013	Parbat Gurung	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022	Ganga Karki	CPN (Maoist Centre)

Provincial Assembly

1(A)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Bishal Khadka	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018	Bishal Khadka	Nepal Communist Party

1(B)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Pashupati Chaulagain	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018	Pashupati Chaulagain	Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ganga Karki	CPN (Maoist Centre)	36,820	45.44
	Baal Krishna Shivakoti	CPN (UML)	36,505	45.06
	Jagadish Kharel	Rastriya Swatantra Party	3,801	4.69
	Bijay Khadka	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,561	1.93
	Others		2,336	2.88
Total			81,023	100.00

Majority			315
	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Source: ^[2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Parbat Gurung	55,457
	Nepali Congress	Rudra Bahadur Khadka	24,813
	Others		2,168
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Bishal Khadka	28,350
	Nepali Congress	Barma Lama	12,956
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Shiva Prasad Shivakoti	1,285
	Others		783
Invalid votes			1,860
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

1(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Pashupati Chaulagain	23,058
	Nepali Congress	Keshav Raj Chaulagain	10,880
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Lal Kumar K.C.	3,404
	Mongol National Organisation	Sang Thulan Sherpa	1,045
	Others		654
Invalid votes			2,848
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Parbat Gurung	16,281
	Nepali Congress	Jip Chhirring Lama	12,298
	UCPN (Maoist)	Bishal Khadka	9,078
	Others		2,209
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews^[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Devi Khadka	22,182
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Pashupati Chaulagain	12,805
	Nepali Congress	Bhim Bahadur Tama	12,702
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Baikuntha Prasad Bhandari	1,520
	Others		1,732
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission^[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Pashupati Chaulagain	20,243
	Nepali Congress	Bhim Bahadur Tamang	15,093
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Mahendra Bahadur Karki	5,059
	Others		448
Invalid Votes			905
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission^[5]^[6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bhim Bahadur Tamang	16,673
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ananda Pokharel	15,790
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ram Prasad Upreti	4,720
	Independent	Bal Bahadur K.C.	640
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission^[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Indra Bahadur Khadka	18,376
	Nepali Congress	Bhim Bahadur Tamang	11,606
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: [1]

References

^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "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.

External links

Constituency map of Dolakha

[1] "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2022el-2] "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.

[:0-3] "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.

[archive-5] "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.

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Dolakha 1 (constituency)

Incorporated areas

Assembly segments

Members of Parliament

1(A)

1(B)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

1(A)

1(B)

Election in the 2000s

Election in the 1990s

See also

References

External links