Baglung 1 (constituency)

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

Baglung 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Balung 1 in Gandaki Province
Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Baglung 1(A) and Baglung 1(B) within Baglung District
Protected areas in green
ProvinceGandaki Province
DistrictBaglung District
Electorate86,756
Current constituency
Created1991
MPSurya Prasad Pathak (NCP)
Gandaki
MPA
1(A)
Indra Lal Sapkota (NCP)
Gandaki
MPA
1(B)
Krishna Thapa (RJM)

Incorporated areas

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Baglung 1 incorporates Kanthekhola Rural Municipality, Bareng Rural Municipality, Jaimuni Municipality and Baglung Municipality.

Assembly segments

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It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

  • Baglung 1(A)
  • Baglung 1(B)

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1991 Govinda Prasad Sharma Kandel Nepali Congress
1994 Govinda Adhikari CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Tanka Prasad Sharma Kandel Nepali Congress
2008 Ramji Prasad Sharma Kandel CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2013 Hari Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
2015 by-election Champa Devi Khadka
2017 Surya Prasad Pathak CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Chitra Bahadur K.C. Rastriya Janamorcha

Election results

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Election in the 2020s

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2022 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Chitra Bahadur K.C.Rastriya Janamorcha21,46442.32
Surya Prasad PathakCPN (UML)18,84537.15
Khimananda KandelRastriya Swatantra Party9,19118.12
Others1,2232.41
Total50,723100.00
Majority2,619
Rastriya Janamorcha gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

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Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Surya Prasad Pathak 33,657
Nepali Congress Champa Devi Khadka 20,616
Others 663
Invalid votes 1,625
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2015 by-elections

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Champa Devi KhadkaNepali Congress17,15445.09
Man Kumari K.C.CPN (UML)15,06839.60
Krishna K.C.UCPN (Maoist)2,5056.58
Netra Bahadur BudhathokiRastriya Janamorcha1,9495.12
Others1,3723.61
Total38,048100.00
Valid votes38,048100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes38,048100.00
Registered voters/turnout52,20272.89
Majority2,086
Nepali Congress hold
Source: [3]
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Hari Bahadur Khadka 13,500
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hari Bahadur Khatri 11,963
UCPN (Maoist) Krishna Bahadur K.C. 6,003
Rastriya Janamorcha Tirtha Singh Thapa Chhetri 2,159
Others 1,598
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[4]

Election in the 2000s

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Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ramji Prasad Sharma Kandel 15,786
CPN (Maoist) Chandra Bahadur Budha 14,386
Nepali Congress Hari Prasad Shrestha 12,017
Rastriya Janamorcha Amar Bahadur Thapa 2,992
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Tilak Bahadur RIjal 1,468
Others 1,120
Invalid votes 1,865
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

Election in the 1990s

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Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Tanka Prasad Sharma Kandel 15,467
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ramji Prasad Sharma Kandel 15,425
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Bishnu Bahadur Bhandari 5,544
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Jabbar Bahadur Lamichhane 1,469
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Tika Ram Sapkota 1,379
Others 1,729
Invalid Votes 776
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Govinda Adhikari 14,937
Nepali Congress Govinda Prasad Sharma Kandel 10,292
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chandi Prasad Kandel 3,452
Others 3,726
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[6]
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Govinda Prasad Sharma Kandel 13,348
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 7,346
Result Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also

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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. ^ "Annual Report 2071/72" (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal.
  4. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  5. ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  7. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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