Dailekh 1 (constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in Nepal

Dailekh 1

Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives

Dailekh 1 in Karnali Province

Assembly segments Dailekh 1(A) (red) and Dailekh 1(B) (blue) within Dailekh District

Province| Karnali Province
District| Dailekh District
Electorate| 70,190
Current constituency
Created| 1991
Number of members| 3
Member of
Parliament| Amar Bahadur Thapa,
Unified Socialist
Karnali
MPA 1(A)| Purna Bahadur Khatri,
Congress
Karnali
MPA 1(B)| Krishna Kumar B.C.,
Congress

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

## Incorporated areas

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Dailekh 1 incorporates Gurans Rural Municipality, Dungeshwor Rural Municipality, Bhagwatimai Rural Municipality, Narayan Municipality, Naumule Rural Municipality and Mahabu Rural Municipality.

## Assembly segments

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It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

* Dailekh 1(A)
* Dailekh 1(B)

## Members of Parliament

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### Parliament/Constituent Assembly

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Election  | Member  | Party

|
|

1991 | Ganesh Bahadur Khadka  |  | Nepali Congress
1999 | Nar Bahadur Hamal  |  | CPN (UML)
2008 | Ganesh Bahadur Khadka  |  | Nepali Congress
2013 | Amar Bahadur Thapa |  | CPN (UML)
2017 | Rabindra Raj Sharma |  | CPN (UML)
May 2018 |  | Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 |  | CPN (UML)
2022 | Amar Bahadur Thapa |  | Unified Socialist

### Provincial Assembly

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#### 1(A)

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| Election  | Member  | Party

|
|

2017 | Dharma Raj Regmi  |  | CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 |  | Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 |  | CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022 | Purna Bahadur Khatri  |  | Nepali Congress

#### 1(B)

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| Election  | Member  | Party

|
|

2017 | Amar Bahadur Thapa |  | CPN (UML)
May 2018 |  | Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 |  | CPN (UML)
2022 | Krishna Kumar B.C. |  | Nepali Congress

## Election results

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### Election in the 2020s

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#### 2022 general election

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Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Amar Bahadur Thapa| CPN (Unified Socialist)| 18,297| 43.75
| Rabindra Raj Sharma| CPN (UML)| 17,445| 41.71
| Kunti Kumari Shahi| Rastriya Prajatantra Party| 4,612| 11.03
| Others| | 1,467| 3.51
Total| 41,821| 100.00
Majority| 852|
| CPN (Unified Socialist) gain
Source: [2]

#### 2022 provincial election

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##### 1(A)

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| Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Purna Bahadur Khatri| Nepali Congress| 9,482| 48.93
| Dharmaraj Regmi| CPN (UML)| 8,098| 41.79
| Hridayaraj Shahi| Rastriya Prajatantra Party| 1,081| 5.58
| Others| | 716| 3.70
Total| 19,377| 100.00
Majority| 1,384|
| Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

##### 1(B)

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| Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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|
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| Krishna Kumar B.C.| Nepali Congress| 10,545| 47.44
| Prem Bahadur Thapa| CPN (UML)| 9,471| 42.61
| Rana Bahadur Singh| Rastriya Prajatantra Party| 1,604| 7.22
| Others| | 608| 2.74
Total| 22,228| 100.00
Majority| 1,074|
| Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

### Election in the 2010s

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#### 2017 general election

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Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Rabindra Raj Sharma| CPN (UML)| 23,773| 55.51
| Deepak Kumar Shahi| Rastriya Prajatantra Party| 17,252| 40.28
| Others| | 1,805| 4.21
Total| 42,830| 100.00
Valid votes| 42,830| 94.14
Invalid/blank votes| 2,666| 5.86
Total votes| 45,496| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 70,190| 64.82
Majority| 6,521|
| CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[3]

#### 2017 provincial election

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##### 1(A)

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| Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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|
|

| Dharma Raj Regmi| CPN (Maoist Centre)| 10,361| 52.42
| Krishna Kumar B.C.| Nepali Congress| 8,765| 44.34
| Others| | 641| 3.24
Total| 19,767| 100.00
Valid votes| 19,767| 96.00
Invalid/blank votes| 824| 4.00
Total votes| 20,591| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 31,835| 64.68
Majority| 1,596|
| CPN (Maoist Centre) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

##### 1(B)

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| Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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|
|

| Amar Bahadur Thapa| CPN (UML)| 12,567| 53.11
| Jagat Jang Thapa| Nepali Congress| 10,586| 44.73
| Others| | 511| 2.16
Total| 23,664| 100.00
Valid votes| 23,664| 95.68
Invalid/blank votes| 1,069| 4.32
Total votes| 24,733| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 38,355| 64.48
Majority| 1,981|
| CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

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Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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|
|

| Amar Bahadur Thapa| CPN (UML)| 15,670| 37.61
| Ganesh Bahadur Khadka| Nepali Congress| 11,894| 28.55
| Tej Bahadur Chand| UCPN (Maoist)| 7,045| 16.91
| Bhakta Bahadur Shahi| Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal| 2,033| 4.88
| Nar Singh Malla| Independent| 1,977| 4.75
| Others| | 3,043| 7.30
Total| 41,662| 100.00
Valid votes| 41,662| 94.30
Invalid/blank votes| 2,518| 5.70
Total votes| 44,180| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 57,626| 76.67
Majority| 3,776|
| CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6][7]

### Election in the 2000s

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#### 2008 Constituent Assembly election

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Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Ganesh Bahadur Khadka| Nepali Congress| 16,280| 34.30
| Amar Bahadur Thapa| CPN (UML)| 14,151| 29.81
| Karna Bahadur Basnet| CPN (Maoist)| 12,536| 26.41
| Narma Kumari Guru| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 1,667| 3.51
| Others| | 2,829| 5.96
Total| 47,463| 100.00
Valid votes| 47,463| 95.60
Invalid/blank votes| 2,183| 4.40
Total votes| 49,646| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 82,163| 60.42
Majority| 2,129|
| Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[8]

### Election in the 1990s

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#### 1999 general election

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Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Nar Bahadur Hamal| CPN (UML)| 17,047| 40.47
| Ganesh Bahadur Khadka| Nepali Congress| 15,765| 37.42
| Bhakta Bahadur Shahi| Rastriya Prajatantra Party| 5,091| 12.09
| Ratna Bahadur Shrestha| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 1,217| 2.89
| Tek Bahadur Thapa| Rastriya Janamukti Party| 1,074| 2.55
| Others| | 1,932| 4.59
Total| 42,126| 100.00
Valid votes| 42,126| 98.58
Invalid/blank votes| 607| 1.42
Total votes| 42,733| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 65,538| 65.20
Majority| 1,282|
| CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[9][10]

#### 1994 general election

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Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Ganesh Bahadur Khadka| Nepali Congress| 10,695| 32.30
| Rang Nath Joshi| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 8,508| 25.69
| Dan Bahadur Shahi| Rastriya Prajatantra Party| 6,960| 21.02
| Rabindra Raj Sharma| CPN (UML)| 4,530| 13.68
| Others| | 2,421| 7.31
Total| 33,114| 100.00
Majority| 2,187|
| Nepali Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[9][11]

#### 1991 general election

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Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Ganesh Bahadur Khadka| Nepali Congress| 13,467| 54.45
| Mani Ram Regmi| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 11,264| 45.55
Total| 24,731| 100.00
Majority| 2,203|
| Nepali Congress gain
Source: [12]

## See also

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* List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

## References

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1. ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. ^ a b c "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
3. ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" [Report of the 2017 House of Representatives member election] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali).
4. ^ a b "प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन, २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" [Report of the 2017 Provincial Assembly member election] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali).
5. ^ "Download FPTP Results(XML)". Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
6. ^ "पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचनमा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार सदर मत र बदर मत" [Valid and Invalid votes for First Past the Post voting by Constituency]. Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
7. ^ "निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या" [Electorate by constituency] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
8. ^ "Constituent Assembly Election 2064 List of Winning Candidates". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
9. ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates (Comparative)". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
10. ^ "Election Results' 99". Nepal Research. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
11. ^ "Auswertung der Wahlergebnisse vom 15. November 1994" [Evaluation of the results of the 15 November 1994 election] (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
12. ^ "Election 1991 Constituency Results" (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.

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