Jhapa 1 (constituency)

Jhapa 1
Jhapa 1
Parliamentary constituency
	Jhapa 1 in Koshi Province
Province	Koshi Province
District	Jhapa District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Bishwa Prakash Sharma
Koshi Province; MPA 1(A)	Gopal Tamang; (NC)
Koshi Province; MPA 1(B)	Sabina Bajagain (RPP)

Jhapa 1 (Nepali: झापा १) is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Jhapa District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.^[1]

Incorporated areas

Jhapa 1 incorporates Mechinagar Municipality, ward 9 and 10 of Bhadrapur Municipality and wards 4–7 of Buddhashanti Rural Municipality.

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Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Koshi Provincial Assembly segment

Jhapa 1(A)
Jhapa 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

	Member	Party
1991	Drona Prasad Acharya	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994 by-election	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	Nepali Congress
1994	Pushpa Raj Pokharel	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	Nepali Congress
2008	Dharma Prasad Ghimire	CPN (Maoist)
January 2009	Dharma Prasad Ghimire	UCPN (Maoist)
2013	Rabin Koirala	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017	Surendra Kumar Karki	CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022	Bishwa Prakash Sharma	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

1(A)

	Member	Party
2017	Shri Prasad Mainali	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022	Gopal Tamang	Nepali Congress

1(B)

	Member	Party
2017	Gopal Chandra Budhathoki	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022	Sabina Bajagain	Rastriya Prajatantra Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bishwa Prakash Sharma	Nepali Congress	39,624	51.41
	Agni Prasad Kharel	CPN (UML)	25,349	32.89
	Omnath Bhandari	Rastriya Swatantra Party	8,564	11.11
	Santosh Tamang	Mongol National Organisation	1,577	2.05
	Others		1,957	2.54
Total			77,071	100.00

Majority			14,275
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: ^[2]

2022 provincial election

1(A)


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gopal Tamang	Nepali Congress	23,045	49.93
	Rabin Koirala	CPN (UML)	18,657	40.42
	Sagar Rai	Mongol National Organisation	2,452	5.31
	Meera Karki	People's Socialist Party	924	2.00
	Gangalal Rajbanshi	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party	763	1.65
	Others	318	0.69
Total			46,159	100.00

Majority			4,388
	Nepali Congress
Source: ^[2]

1(B)


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sabina Bajagain	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	13,612	43.65
	Shyambir Limbu	CPN (Maoist Centre)	12,225	39.21
	Pradeep Rai	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	1,193	3.83
	Mohan Singh Limbu	Mongol National Organisation	1,112	3.57
	Hira Prasad Pokharel	Independent	1,036	3.32
	Om Prakash Khapung	People's Socialist Party	981	3.15
	Others	1,023	3.28
Total			31,182	100.00

Majority			1,387
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Source: ^[2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Surendra Kumar Karki	36,173
	Nepali Congress	BIshwa Prakash Sharma	33,310
	Mongol National Organisation	Santosh Tamang	1,389
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Bhakta Bahadur Limbu	1,044
	Others		483
Invalid votes			2,667
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Koshi Provincial Assembly election

1(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Shri Prasad Mainali	22,972
	Nepali Congress	Keshav Raj Pandey	17,240
	Mongol National Organisation	Bhaskar Rai	1,153
	Others		2,475
Invalid votes			1,509
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

1(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Gopal Chandra Budhathoki	17,839
	Nepali Congress	Ashok Kumar Pokharel	9,978
	Others		1,791
Invalid votes			933
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rabin Koirala	17,229
	Nepali Congress	Bishwa Prakash Sharma	16,540
	UCPN (Maoist)	Bodh Raj Dahal	6,858
	Federal Socialist Party, Nepal	Dhan Prasad Gurung	1,979
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Ashok Subba	1,463
	Others		2,351
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews^[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Dharma Prasad Ghimire	15,276
	Nepali Congress	Narendra Bikram Nemwang	14,283
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Naresh Kharel	14,028
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Badri Prasad Upreti	1,638
	Others		3,414
Invalid votes			2,792
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission^[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	17,561
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Narayan Rajbanshi	15,300
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rajendra Prasad Lingden	5,625
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Gyan Bahadur Imbung	2,708
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Surya Narayan Ganesh	2,272
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Dhyan Bahadur Rai	2,168
	Independent	Jagat Bahadur Shrestha	1,417
	Others		515
Invalid Votes			1,249
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission^[5]^[6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Pushpa Raj Pokharel	15,652
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	14,511
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Devi Raman Bhattarai	5,390
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Jivan Singh Rajbanshi	3,869
	Rastriya Janamukti Party	Ram Prasad Chauiwainwa	2,776
	Independent	Jhatan Singh Rajbanshi	176
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: [1]

1994 by-election

Party		Candidate
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Sitaula
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission^[7]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Drona Prasad Acharya	13,721
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	9,827
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

Related pages

List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

↑ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "बिभिन्न जिल्लाका निर्वाचन क्षेत्रबाट प्रतिनिधि सभाका सदस्यमा निर्वाचित हुनु भएको". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2020-12-11.

Other websites

Constituency map of Jhapa

[1] "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2022el-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "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.

[7] "बिभिन्न जिल्लाका निर्वाचन क्षेत्रबाट प्रतिनिधि सभाका सदस्यमा निर्वाचित हुनु भएको". rajpatra.dop.gov.np. Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2020-12-11.

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