# Chitwan 1 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Chitwan 1 parliamentary constituency incorporates Rapti Municipality, Khairahani Municipality and Ratnanagar Municipality.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment
* Chitwan 1(A)
* Chitwan 1(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1999 | Sabitri Bogati | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Lal Mani Chaudhary | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2013 | Surendra Prasad Pandey | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| May 2018 | Surendra Prasad Pandey | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Surendra Prasad Pandey | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2022 | Hari Dhakal | Rastriya Swatantra Party |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Hari Dhakal | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 34,218 | 37.39 |
| | Surendra Prasad Pandey | CPN (UML) | 26,634 | 29.10 |
| | Biswo Nath Paudel | Nepali Congress | 25,022 | 27.34 |
| | Madhup Kumar Bhattarai | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 2,751 | 3.01 |
| | Bishnu Lama | Independent | 1,421 | 1.55 |
| | Others | | 1,468 | 1.60 |
| Total | Total | Total | 91,514 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,584 | |
| | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain |
| Source: |||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Surendra Prasad Pandey | 51,080 |
| | Nepali Congress | Rajendra Prasad Burlakoti | 35,360 |
| | Others | Others | 1,464 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,848 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Surendra Prasad Pandey | 18,760 |
| | Nepali Congress | Rajendra Prasad Burlakoti | 13,745 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Yam Bahadur Pariyar | 4,715 |
| | Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch (Tharuhat) | Tekendra Chaudhary | 1,293 |
| | Others | Others | 2,644 |
| 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) | Lal Mani Chaudhary | 17,971 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Sobha Kattel | 14,249 |
| | Nepali Congress | Sabitri Bogati | 8,688 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Kapil Dev Pokharel | 1,753 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Sant Kumar Chaudhary | 1,414 |
| | Others | Others | 1,126 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,444 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Sabitri Bogati | 19,087 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal | 18,176 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Sant Kumar Chaudhary | 5,205 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Raj Pant | 1,184 |
| | Others | Others | 849 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 968 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal | 15,924 |
| | Nepali Congress | Chuda Mani Chaudhary | 12,023 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Ram Sharan Pathak | 6,336 |
| | Others | Others | 416 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Jagrit Prasad Bhetwal | 25,784 |
| | Nepali Congress | Shesh Nath Adhikari | 16,459 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: ||||