# Palpa 1 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Palpa 1 incorporates Rampur Municipality, Nisdi Rural Municipality, Purbakhola Rural Municipality, Rambha Rural Municipality, wards 2–7 of Mathagadhi Rural Municipality, ward 5 of Tinau Rural Municipality and ward 8 of Tansen Municipality.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
* Palpa 1(A)
* Palpa 1(B)

## Members of Parliament
### Parliament/Constituent Assembly

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Kalu Ram Rana | Nepali Congress |
| 1994 | Dal Bahadur Rana Magar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| March 1998 | Dal Bahadur Rana Magar | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1999 | Bhadra Bahadur Thapa | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2008 | Dal Bahadur Rana Magar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2013 | Radha Krishna Kandel | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2017 | Dal Bahadur Rana Magar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| May 2018 | Dal Bahadur Rana Magar | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Dal Bahadur Rana Magar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2022 | Narayan Prasad Acharya | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |

### Provincial Assembly
## Election results
### Election in the 2020s
#### 2022 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Narayan Prasad Acharya | CPN (UML) | 31,103 | 54.72 |
| | Gyan Bahadur Gaha | Nepali Congress | 20,256 | 35.64 |
| | Bipin Kandel | Independent | 2,863 | 5.04 |
| | Thamman Bahadur Budha Magar | Mongol National Organisation | 2,045 | 3.60 |
| | Others | | 571 | 1.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 56,838 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,847 | |
| | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: |||||

### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dal Bahadur Rana Magar | 32,549 |
| | Nepali Congress | Bijay Raj Ghimire | 23,993 |
| | Mongol National Organisation | Tul Bir Darlami | 1,086 |
| | Others | Others | 528 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,274 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Radha Krishna Kandel | 17,804 |
| | Nepali Congress | Sita Devi Devkota Pandey | 11,958 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Tej Bahadur Sijali | 2,790 |
| | Others | Others | 1,171 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

### Election in the 2000s
#### 2008 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dal Bahadur Rana Magar | 19,185 |
| | Nepali Congress | Dhan Bahadur Rana | 12,976 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Tul Ram Gharti Magar | 6,513 |
| | Others | | 1,745 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,273 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

### Election in the 1990s
#### 1999 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bhadra Bahadur Thapa | 19,477 |
| | Nepali Congress | Bijay Raj Ghimire | 16,393 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Dal Bahadur Rana Magar | 1,431 |
| | Others | Others | 1,220 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 718 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dal Bahadur Rana Magar | 19,690 |
| | Nepali Congress | Kalu Ram Rana | 14,815 |
| | Others | Others | 1,319 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Kalu Ram Rana | 15,980 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | | 15,001 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||