# Rautahat 1 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Rautahat 1 incorporates Rajdevi Municipality, Gaur Municipality, Madhav Narayan Municipality, Yamunamai Rural Municipality, Durga Bhagwati Rural Municipality, ward 1 of Garuda Municipality and wards 6–8 of Gadhimai Municipality.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment
* Rautahat 1(A)
* Rautahat 1(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Braj Kishor Singh | Nepali Congress |
| 1999 | Madhav Kumar Nepal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2008 | Baban Singh | Independent |
| 2013 | Madhav Kumar Nepal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2017 | Anil Kumar Jha | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal |
| April 2020 | Anil Kumar Jha | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
| August 2021 | Anil Kumar Jha | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal |
| 2022 | Madhav Kumar Nepal | CPN (Unified Socialist) |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Madhav Kumar Nepal | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 33,522 | 52.37 |
| | Ajay Kumar Gupta | CPN (UML) | 26,922 | 42.06 |
| | Rajendra Prasad Sah | Janamat Party | 1,411 | 2.20 |
| | Others | | 2,154 | 3.37 |
| Total | Total | Total | 64,009 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,600 | |
| | CPN (Unified Socialist) gain | CPN (Unified Socialist) gain | CPN (Unified Socialist) gain | CPN (Unified Socialist) gain |
| Source: |||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Anil Kumar Jha | 21,472 |
| | Nepali Congress | Krishna Prasad Yadav | 15,874 |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Satya Narayan Bhagat | 12,331 |
| | Independent | Baban Singh | 1,669 |
| | Others | Others | 1,520 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,585 |
| Result | Result | RJPN gain | RJPN gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Madhav Kumar Nepal | 8,361 |
| | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Ajay Kumar Gupta | 8,023 |
| | Sanghiya Sadbhavana Party | Anil Kumar Jha | 4,234 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Raj Kishor Prasad Yadav | 3,642 |
| | Sadbhavana Party | Yogendra Raya Yadav | 1,658 |
| | Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Baban Singh | 1,481 |
| | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Babu Lal Prasad Sah Kanu | 1,470 |
| | Nepali Congress | Sant Lal Sah Teli | 1,302 |
| | Others | Others | 3,822 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Baban Singh | 9,201 |
| | Sadbhavana Party | Ajay Gupta Baniya | 6,588 |
| | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Amar Prasad Yadav | 6,434 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rebanta Jha | 4,529 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Indal Raya Yadav | 4,490 |
| | Nepali Congress | Braj Kishor Singh | 4,424 |
| | Others | | 3,364 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,910 |
| Result | Result | Independent gain | Independent gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Madhav Kumar Nepal | 22,868 |
| | Nepali Congress | Braj Kishor Singh | 10,757 |
| | Independent | Parmananda Sah Teli | 3,157 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Bishwanath Prasad Agrawal | 3,058 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Chandrika Prasad Singh | 3,030 |
| | Others | Others | 1,443 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,306 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Braj Kishor Singh | 14,637 |
| | Independent | Bishwanath Prasad Agrawal | 13,633 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Gunjeshwari Prasad Singh | 6,698 |
| | CPN (United) | Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar | 5,940 |
| | Others | Others | 1,626 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Braj Kishor Singh | 12,569 |
| | CPN (Democratic) | Khajanchi Shah | 8,349 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||