Jhapa 1

Jhapa 1
Parliamentary constituency
Jhapa 1 in Koshi Province
ProvinceKoshi
DistrictJhapa District
Electorate131,067
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyRastriya Swatantra Party
Member of ParliamentNisha Dangi
Koshi MPA 1(A)Gopal Tamang (Nepali Congress)
Koshi MPA 1(B)Sabina Bajagain (Rastriya Prajatantra Party)

Jhapa 1 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.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Jhapa 1(A)
  • Jhapa 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Election 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 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
2026 Nisha Dangi Rastriya Swatantra Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2026 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Nisha DangiRastriya Swatantra Party45,68058.35
Keshab Raj PandeyNepali Congress10,55013.48
Kebalram RaiShram Sanskriti Party10,00412.78
Ramchandra UpretiCPN (UML)7,6599.78
Hemraj KarkiRastriya Prajatantra Party1,6122.06
Santosh TamangMongol National Organisation9711.24
Ashesh GhimireNepali Communist Party9221.18
Naresh Kumar LawatiUjyaalo Nepal Party4850.62
Olin RajbanshiNepal Sadbhawana Party1090.14
Man Bahadaur Sawa LimbuSanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch990.13
Durga Bahadaur Sawa LimbuIndependent840.11
Rama MecheJanata Samajbadi Party, Nepal430.05
Ganesh Kumar KharelIndependent330.04
Hiranya Prasad BhattaraiNepal Majdoor Kisan Party230.03
Khandru KaruwaNepal Janamukti Party170.02
Total78,291100.00
Valid votes78,29194.80
Invalid/blank votes4,2965.20
Total votes82,587100.00
Registered voters/turnout131,06763.01
Majority35,130
Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: [2][3][4][5]

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Bishwa Prakash SharmaNepali Congress39,62451.41
Agni Prasad KharelCPN (UML)25,34932.89
Omnath BhandariRastriya Swatantra Party8,56411.11
Santosh TamangMongol National Organisation1,5772.05
Others1,9572.54
Total77,071100.00
Majority14,275
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [6]

Election in the 2010s

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
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[7]

Election in the 2000s

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[8]

Election in the 1990s

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[9][10]
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
CandidatePartyVotes%
Krishna Prasad SitaulaNepali Congress16,19437.68
Leela UdaasiCPN (UML)13,33731.03
Gopal Chandra RajbanshiRastriya Prajatantra Party8,25119.20
Tularam SinghNepal Sadbhawana Party4,97011.56
N/ACPN (United)1660.39
N/APrajatantrik Lok Dal580.13
Total42,976100.00
Valid votes42,97687.05
Invalid/blank votes6,39312.95
Total votes49,369100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,86972.74
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [11]
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]

See also

References

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