# Gulmi 1 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Gulmi 1 incorporates Kaligandaki Rural Municipality, Satyawati Rural Municipality, Chandrakot Rural Municipality, Ruru Rural Municipality, Chatrakot Rural Municipality, Gulmidarbar Rural Municipality and wards 7–14 of Resunga Municipality.

## Assembly segments

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

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Jhak Bahadur Pun | Nepali Congress |
| 1994 | Ram Nath Dhakal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1999 | Fatik Bahadur Thapa | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2008 | Sudarshan Baral | CPN (Maoist) |
| January 2009 | Sudarshan Baral | UCPN (Maoist) |
| 2013 | Krishna Bahadur Chhantyal Thapa | Nepali Congress |
| 2017 | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| May 2018 | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2022 | Chandra Kant Bhandari | Nepali Congress |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Chandra Kant Bhandari | Nepali Congress | 33,744 | 49.14 |
| | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | CPN (UML) | 32,152 | 46.83 |
| | Damodar Bhandari | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 1,882 | 2.74 |
| | Others | | 886 | 1.29 |
| Total | Total | Total | 68,664 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,592 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: |||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | 37,814 |
| | Nepali Congress | Chandra Kant Bhandari | 30,256 |
| | Others | Others | 779 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,717 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Krishna Bahadur Chhantyal Thapa | 10,592 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Maina Kumari Bhandari | 10,433 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Sudarshan Baral | 5,032 |
| | Rastriya Janamorcha | Jaman Singh Singh Rana | 1,051 |
| | Others | Others | 711 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Sudarshan Baral | 14,165 |
| | Nepali Congress | Subarna Jwarchan | 9,701 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Maina Kumari Bhandari | 9,067 |
| | Rastriya Janamorcha | Jaman Singh Rana | 1,784 |
| | Others | | 805 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,637 |
| 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) | Fatik Bahadur Thapa | 18,672 |
| | Nepali Congress | Jhak Bahadur Pun | 16,496 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rup Singh Thapa | 1,039 |
| | Others | Others | 1,372 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 750 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Nath Dhakal | 17,495 |
| | Nepali Congress | Bhakta Bahadur Pun | 14,573 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Nar Bahadur Budhathoki | 1,446 |
| | Others | Others | 720 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Jhak Bahadur Pun | 16,767 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | | 14,153 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||