# Parbat 1 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Parbat 1 incorporates the entirety of Parbat District.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment
* Parbat 1(A)
* Parbat 1(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1994 | Indu Sharma Paudel | Nepali Congress |
| 1999 | Arjun Prasad Joshi | Nepali Congress |
| 2017 | Padam Giri | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| May 2018 | Padam Giri | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Padam Giri | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Padam Giri | CPN (UML) | 29,872 | 46.88 |
| | Arjun Prasad Joshi | Nepali Congress | 27,609 | 43.33 |
| | Jal Bahadur Purja Pun | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 4,173 | 6.55 |
| | Deepak Bahadur Malla | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1,034 | 1.62 |
| | Others | | 1,028 | 1.61 |
| Total | Total | Total | 63,716 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,263 | |
| | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: |||||

#### 2022 provincial election
### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Padam Giri | 39,275 |
| | Nepali Congress | Arjun Prasad Joshi | 26,819 |
| | Others | Others | 1,488 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,281 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Arjun Prasad Joshi | 12,838 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ganesh Prasad Timilsina | 11,123 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Netra Nath Adhikari | 6,993 |
| | Others | Others | 2,076 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Arjun Prasad Joshi | 13,258 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Manrupa Sharma Subedi | 12,082 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ganesh Sharma Paudel | 11,253 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai | 1,468 |
| | Others | | 2,516 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,298 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Arjun Prasad Joshi | 18,683 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Juddha Bahadur Gurung | 10,724 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Chhetra Bahadur Gurung | 5,221 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Devendra Bikram Mahat | 2,420 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Ganesh Sharma Paudel | 2,091 |
| | Others | Others | 736 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 862 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Indu Sharma Paudel | 13,621 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Yam Bahadur Gurung | 12,769 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Chhetra Bahadur Gurung | 4,718 |
| | Independent | Dambar Bahadur Malla | 3,741 |
| | Others | Others | 152 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Prasad Bhattarai | 14,196 |
| | Nepali Congress | | 12,395 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: ||||