# Surkhet 1 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Surkhet 1 incorporates Gurbhakot Municipality, Bheriganga Municipality, Simta Rural Municipality, Chingad Rural Municipality, Lekbeshi Municipality and wards 15 and 16 of Birendranagar Municipality.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment
* Surkhet 1(A)
* Surkhet 1(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Purna Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Kamala Sharma | CPN (UML) |
| 2013 | Purna Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress |
| 2017 | Dhurba Kumar Shahi | CPN (UML) |
| May 2018 | Dhurba Kumar Shahi | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Dhurba Kumar Shahi | CPN (UML) |
| 2022 | Purna Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Purna Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress | 42,607 | 56.35 |
| | Dhurba Kumar Shahi | CPN (UML) | 30,988 | 40.98 |
| | Others | | 2,020 | 2.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | 75,615 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,619 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: |||||

#### 2022 provincial election
##### 1(A)
### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Dhurba Kumar Shahi | CPN (UML) | 36,759 | 51.66 |
| | Purna Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress | 33,377 | 46.91 |
| | Others | | 1,017 | 1.43 |
| Total | Total | Total | 71,153 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 71,153 | 97.81 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,594 | 2.19 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 72,747 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 101,637 | 71.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,382 | |
| | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission |||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Purna Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress | 17,301 | 45.60 |
| | Kamala Sharma | CPN (UML) | 15,398 | 40.58 |
| | Thammar Bahadur Bista | UCPN (Maoist) | 3,780 | 9.96 |
| | Others | | 1,463 | 3.86 |
| Total | Total | Total | 37,942 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 37,942 | 97.74 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 878 | 2.26 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 38,820 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 47,938 | 80.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,903 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission |||||

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Kamala Sharma | CPN (UML) | 18,804 | 43.21 |
| | Lal Bahadur Ghale | Nepali Congress | 12,335 | 28.35 |
| | Khadga Bahadur Gharti | CPN (Maoist) | 10,878 | 25.00 |
| | Others | | 1,499 | 3.44 |
| Total | Total | Total | 43,516 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 43,516 | 97.61 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,065 | 2.39 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 44,581 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 67,913 | 65.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,469 | |
| | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission |||||

### Election in the 1990s
#### 1999 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Purna Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress | 16,980 | 47.16 |
| | Rishi Prasad Sharma | CPN (UML) | 16,594 | 46.09 |
| | Man Bahadur Khatri | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | 1,523 | 4.23 |
| | Others | | 909 | 2.52 |
| Total | Total | Total | 36,006 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 36,006 | 98.31 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 620 | 1.69 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,626 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 49,879 | 73.43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 386 | |
| | Nepali Congress hold | Nepali Congress hold | Nepali Congress hold | Nepali Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission |||||

#### 1994 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Purna Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress | 13,771 | 45.25 |
| | Rishi Prasad Sharma | CPN (UML) | 12,654 | 41.58 |
| | Chandra Bahadur Budha Magar | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 3,213 | 10.56 |
| | Others | | 796 | 2.62 |
| Total | Total | Total | 30,434 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,117 | |
| | Nepali Congress hold | Nepali Congress hold | Nepali Congress hold | Nepali Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission |||||

#### 1991 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Purna Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress | 21,637 | 51.95 |
| | - | CPN (UML) | 20,016 | 48.05 |
| Total | Total | Total | 41,653 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,621 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: |||||