Chitwan 1 (constituency)

Chitwan 1
Chitwan 1
Parliamentary constituency
	Chitwan 1 in Bagmati Province
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Chitwan District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Rastriya Swatantra Party
Member of Parliament	Hari Dhakal

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

Incorporated areas

Chitwan 1 parliamentary constituency incorporates Rapti Municipality, Khairahani Municipality and Ratnanagar Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

Chitwan 1(A)
Chitwan 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

	Member	Party
1991	Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999	Sabitri Bogati	Nepali Congress
2008	Lal Mani Chaudhary	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2013	Surendra Prasad Pandey	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022	Hari Dhakal	Rastriya Swatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

1(A)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Dawa Dorje Lama	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018	Dawa Dorje Lama	Nepal Communist Party

1(B)

	Member	Party
2017	Krishna Prasad Sharma Khanal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
August 2021		CPN (Unified Socialist)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hari Dhakal	Rastriya Swatantra Party	34,218	37.39
	Surendra Prasad Pandey	CPN (UML)	26,634	29.10
	Biswo Nath Paudel	Nepali Congress	25,022	27.34
	Madhup Kumar Bhattarai	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,751	3.01
	Bishnu Lama	Independent	1,421	1.55
	Others		1,468	1.60
Total			91,514	100.00

Majority			7,584
	Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: ^[2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Surendra Prasad Pandey	51,080
	Nepali Congress	Rajendra Prasad Burlakoti	35,360
	Others		1,464
Invalid votes			1,848
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Chitwan 1(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dawa Dorje Lama	23,023
	Nepali Congress	Dhan Bahadur Gurung	15,994
	Others		1,105
Invalid votes			821
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Chitwan 1(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Prasad Sharma Khanal	27,233
	Nepali Congress	Uttam Prasad Acharya	18,511
	Others		2,058
Invalid votes			1,047
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Surendra Prasad Pandey	18,760
	Nepali Congress	Rajendra Prasad Burlakoti	13,745
	UCPN (Maoist)	Yam Bahadur Pariyar	4,715
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch (Tharuhat)	Tekendra Chaudhary	1,293
	Others		2,644
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: NepalNews^[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Lal Mani Chaudhary	17,971
	CPN (Maoist)	Sobha Kattel	14,249
	Nepali Congress	Sabitri Bogati	8,688
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Kapil Dev Pokharel	1,753
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Sant Kumar Chaudhary	1,414
	Others		1,126
Invalid votes			2,444
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission^[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Sabitri Bogati	19,087
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal	18,176
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Sant Kumar Chaudhary	5,205
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Raj Pant	1,184
	Others		849
Invalid Votes			968
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission^[5]^[6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal	15,924
	Nepali Congress	Chuda Mani Chaudhary	12,023
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ram Sharan Pathak	6,336
	Others		416
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission^[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal	25,784
	Nepali Congress	Shesh Nath Adhikari	16,459
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 Chitwan

[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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