Jumla 1 (constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in Nepal

Jumla 1

Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives

Jumla 1 in Karnali Province

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

Province| Karnali Province
District| Jumla District
Electorate| 59,059
Current constituency
Created| 1991
Number of members| 3
Member of
Parliament| Gyanendra Shahi,
RPP
Karnali
MPA 1(A)| Devendra B Shahi,
Independent
Karnali
MPA 1(B)| Tekraj Pachhai,
UML

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

## Incorporated areas[edit]

Jumla 1 incorporates the entirety of Jumla District.

## Assembly segments[edit]

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

* Jumla 1(A)
* Jumla 1(B)

## Members of Parliament[edit]

### Parliament/Constituent Assembly[edit]

Election  | Member  | Party

|
|

| 1991 | Dilli Bahadur Mahat  | Nepal Workers Peasants Party
1994 | Bhakta Bahadur Rokaya
| 1995 | Nepali Congress
| 1999 | Devi Lal Thapa  | CPN (UML)
| 2008 | Naresh Bhandari | CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 | UCPN (Maoist)
| 2013 | Lalit Jang Shahi  | Nepali Congress
| 2017 | Gajendra Bahadur Mahat | CPN (Maoist Centre)
| May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party
| March 2021 | CPN (Maoist Centre)
| 2022 | Gyan Bahadur Shahi | Rastriya Prajatantra Party

### Provincial Assembly[edit]

#### 1(A)[edit]

| Election  | Member  | Party

|
|

| 2017 | Naresh Bhandari | CPN (Maoist Centre)
| May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party
| March 2021 | CPN (Maoist Centre)
| 2022 | Devendra Bahadur Shahi  | Independent

#### 1(B)[edit]

| Election  | Member  | Party

|
|

| 2017 | Padam Bahadur Rokaya | CPN (UML)
| May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party
| March 2021 | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
| August 2021 | CPN (Unified Socialist)
| 2022 | Tekraj Pachhai  | CPN (UML)

## Election results[edit]

### Election in the 2020s[edit]

#### 2022 general election[edit]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Gyan Bahadur Shahi| Rastriya Prajatantra Party| 22,819| 53.31
| Goma Gautam| CPN (Maoist Centre)| 11,959| 27.94
| Ratan Nath Yogi| CPN (UML)| 6,528| 15.25
| Others| | 1,500| 3.50
Total| 42,806| 100.00
Majority| 10,860|
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party gain
Source: [2]

#### 2022 provincial election[edit]

##### 1(A)[edit]

| Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Devendra Bahadur Shahi| Independent| 9,654| 40.94
| Lalit Jung Shahi| Nepali Congress| 7,755| 32.88
| Dhirendra Raj Giri| CPN (UML)| 5,480| 23.24
| Rajeshwar Devkota| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 694| 2.94
Total| 23,583| 100.00
Majority| 1,899|
| Independent
Source: [2]

##### 1(B)[edit]

| Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Tekraj Pachhai| CPN (UML)| 7,827| 39.31
| Padam Bahadur Rokaya| CPN (Unified Socialist)| 6,715| 33.73
| Dhan Bahadur Basnet| Independent| 4,165| 20.92
| Birsha Bahadur Rawat| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 1,202| 6.04
Total| 19,909| 100.00
Majority| 1,112|
| CPN (UML)
Source: [2]

### Election in the 2010s[edit]

#### 2017 general election[edit]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Gajendra Bahadur Mahat| CPN (Maoist Centre)| 22,173| 50.70
| Devendra Bahadur Shahi| Nepali Congress| 14,149| 32.35
| Dilli Prasad Kafle| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 2,718| 6.22
| Others| | 4,691| 10.73
Total| 43,731| 100.00
Valid votes| 43,731| 96.21
Invalid/blank votes| 1,725| 3.79
Total votes| 45,456| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 59,059| 76.97
Majority| 8,024|
| CPN (Maoist Centre) gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

#### 2017 provincial election[edit]

##### 1(A)[edit]

| Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Naresh Bhandari| CPN (Maoist Centre)| 12,574| 55.78
| Raju Singh Kathayat| Nepali Congress| 8,537| 37.87
| Shiva Lal Dangi| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 1,028| 4.56
| Others| | 405| 1.80
Total| 22,544| 100.00
Valid votes| 22,544| 95.72
Invalid/blank votes| 1,008| 4.28
Total votes| 23,552| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 31,715| 74.26
Majority| 4,037|
| CPN (Maoist Centre) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

##### 1(B)[edit]

| Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Padam Bahadur Rokaya| CPN (UML)| 6,414| 48.45
| Bhim Nidhi Hamal| Nepali Congress| 5,280| 39.88
| Gorkha Bahadur Budha| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 1,336| 10.09
| Deep Chandra Chaulagain| Ekikrit RPP (Nationalist)| 209| 1.58
Total| 13,239| 100.00
Valid votes| 13,239| 96.05
Invalid/blank votes| 544| 3.95
Total votes| 13,783| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 27,344| 50.41
Majority| 1,134|
| CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election[edit]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Lalit Jung Shahi| Nepali Congress| 11,866| 31.42
| Padam Bahadur Rokaya| CPN (UML)| 11,151| 29.52
| Gajendra Bahadur Mahat| UCPN (Maoist)| 10,133| 26.83
| Jay Bahadur Shahi| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 2,841| 7.52
| Others| | 1,780| 4.71
Total| 37,771| 100.00
Valid votes| 37,771| 96.68
Invalid/blank votes| 1,297| 3.32
Total votes| 39,068| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 47,445| 82.34
Majority| 715|
| Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6][7]

### Election in the 2000s[edit]

#### 2008 Constituent Assembly election[edit]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Naresh Bhandari| CPN (Maoist)| 21,127| 49.63
| Dilli Bahadur Mahat| CPN (UML)| 9,210| 21.64
| Dinbandhu Shrestha| Nepali Congress| 5,704| 13.40
| Dilli Prasad Kafle| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 3,936| 9.25
| Mansoor Sunar| Rastriya Prajatantra Party| 1,719| 4.04
| Others| | 871| 2.05
Total| 42,567| 100.00
Valid votes| 42,567| 96.88
Invalid/blank votes| 1,372| 3.12
Total votes| 43,939| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 61,868| 71.02
Majority| 11,917|
| CPN (Maoist) gain
Source: Election Commission[8]

### Election in the 1990s[edit]

#### 1999 general election[edit]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Devi Lal Thapa| CPN (UML)| 11,324| 29.71
| Dinbandhu Shrestha| Nepali Congress| 8,318| 21.82
| Lalit Jung Shahi| Independent| 6,879| 18.05
| Dilli Prasad Kafle| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 5,233| 13.73
| Chandra Bahdur Thapa| Rastriya Prajatantra Party| 4,021| 10.55
| Others| | 2,338| 6.13
Total| 38,113| 100.00
Valid votes| 38,113| 98.15
Invalid/blank votes| 718| 1.85
Total votes| 38,831| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 52,220| 74.36
Majority| 3,006|
| CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[9][10]

#### 1994 general election[edit]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Bhakta Bahadur Rokaya| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 6,593| 27.72
| Devi Lal Thapa| CPN (UML)| 5,551| 23.34
| Harish Chandra Mahara| Rastriya Prajatantra Party| 5,132| 21.57
| Lal Hamal| Nepali Congress| 3,791| 15.94
| Adnan Singh Katayat| Independent| 1,814| 7.63
| Others| | 906| 3.81
Total| 23,787| 100.00
Majority| 1,042|
| Nepal Workers Peasants Party hold
Source: Election Commission[9][11]

#### 1991 general election[edit]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

|
|
|

| Dilli Bahadur Mahat| Nepal Workers Peasants Party| 13,270| 59.21
| -| Nepali Congress| 9,142| 40.79
Total| 22,412| 100.00
Majority| 4,128|
| Nepal Workers Peasants Party gain
Source: [12]

## See also[edit]

* List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

## References[edit]

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.
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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. 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.
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