Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) 1 (constituency)

Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) 1
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Nawalpur 1 in Gandaki Province Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Nawalpur 1(A) and Nawalpur 1(B) within Nawalpur District Protected areas in green
Province	Gandaki Province
District	Parasi District
Electorate	113,947
Current constituency
Created	2017
MP	Shashanka Koirala (NC)
Gandaki MPA 1(A)	Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel (NC)
Gandaki MPA 1(B)	Roshan Bahadur Gahra Thapa (NCP)

Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) 1 is one of two parliamentary constituencies of Parasi District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.

Incorporated areas

Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) 1 incorporates Devchuli Municipality, Gaidakot Municipality, Bulingtar Rural Municipality and wards 1, 2 and 5–13 of Kawasoti Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

• Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) 1(A)
• Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	2022	Shashanka Koirala	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

1(A)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel	Nepali Congress

1(B)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Roshan Bahadur Gahra Thapa	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Shashanka Koirala	Nepali Congress	27,067	32.78
	Krishna Prasad Paudel	CPN (UML)	25,047	30.34
	Rajan Gautam	Rastriya Swatantra Party	24,305	29.44
	Mohani Lal Bhusal	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3,469	4.20
	Others		2,679	3.24
Total			82,567	100.00
Majority			2,020
	Nepali Congress hold
Source:

2022 provincial election

1(A)

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mahendra Dhoj G.C.	Nepali Congress	15,137	38.17
	Rabindra Adhikari	CPN (UML)	13,987	35.27
	Santosh Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	6,140	15.48
	Badri Kapri	Hamro Nepali Party	2,427	6.12
	Kumar Gurung	Mongol National Organisation	929	2.34
	Others	1,037	2.61
Total			39,657	100.00
Majority			1,150
	Nepali Congress
Source:

1(B)

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Roshan Bahadur Gaha Thapa	CPN (UML)	17,823	41.11
	Lok Prasad Bhurtel	CPN (Maoist Centre)	14,110	32.55
	Ramnath Upreti	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	7,671	17.69
	Khanasaram Mahato	Nagrik Unmukti Party	917	2.12
	Chok Narayan Kafle	Independent	819	1.89
	Others	2,012	4.64
Total			43,352	100.00
Majority			3,713
	CPN (UML)
Source:

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Shashanka Koirala	40,620
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Bhavisor Parajuli	36,596
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Hari Prasad Gautam	1,082
	Others		2,962
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel	17,683
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Surya Prasad Neupane	17,311
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)	Santosh Thapa	1,044
	Others		3,205
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

1(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Roshan Bahadur Garha Thapa	20,790
	Nepali Congress	Mahendra Dhoj G.C.	19,941
	Others		1,388
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

External links

• Constituency map of Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East)