Taplejung 1 (constituency)

Taplejung 1
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

	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	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

1(A)

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

1(B)

	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: [1]

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.
^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal.
^ "Download FPTP Results(XML)". 2017-05-20. Archived from the original on 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
^ "पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचनमा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार सदर मत र बदर मत". archive.ph. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
^ "निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या" (PDF). 2014-04-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
^ "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 Taplejung

[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.

[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.

[archive-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.

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Taplejung 1 (constituency)

Incorporated areas

Assembly segments

Members of Parliament

1(A)

1(B)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

1(A)

1(B)

Election in the 2010s

1(A)

1(B)

Election in the 2000s

Election in the 1990s

See also

References

External links