# Tanahun 1 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Tanahun 1 incorporates Devghat Rural Municipality, Anbukhaireni Rural Municipality, Bandipur Rural Municipality, Bhanu Municipality and, wards 1–4 and 7–11 of Byas Municipality.

## Assembly segments

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

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Ram Chandra Paudel | Nepali Congress |
| 1994 | Govinda Raj Joshi | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Suresh Kumar Ale Magar | CPN (Maoist) |
| January 2009 | Suresh Kumar Ale Magar | UCPN (Maoist) |
| 2013 | Shankar Bhandari | Nepali Congress |
| 2017 | Krishna Kumar Shrestha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| May 2018 | Krishna Kumar Shrestha | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Krishna Kumar Shrestha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| August 2021 | Krishna Kumar Shrestha | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| 2022 | Ram Chandra Paudel | Nepali Congress |

### Provincial Assembly
## Election results
### Election in the 2020s
#### 2023 by-election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Swarnim Wagle | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 34,919 | 54.45 |
| | Gobinda Bhattarai | Nepali Congress | 20,122 | 31.37 |
| | Sarbendra Khanal | CPN (UML) | 8,488 | 13.23 |
| | Others | | 606 | 0.94 |
| Total | Total | Total | 64,135 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,797 | |
| | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain |
| Source: Election Commission of Nepal |||||

#### 2022 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Ram Chandra Paudel | Nepali Congress | 25,361 | 40.45 |
| | Ek Bahadur Rana Magar | CPN (UML) | 19,981 | 31.87 |
| | Govinda Raj Joshi | Independent | 6,886 | 10.98 |
| | Bikas Sigdel | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 6,044 | 9.64 |
| | Binod Kumar Gharti | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 2,484 | 3.96 |
| | Others | | 1,939 | 3.09 |
| Total | Total | Total | 62,695 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,380 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: |||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Kumar Shrestha | 34,492 |
| | Nepali Congress | Ram Chandra Paudel | 27,690 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Man Bahadur Thapa | 1,231 |
| | Others | Others | 918 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,472 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Shankar Bhandari | 15,713 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Bahadur Gurung | 11,018 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Sita Pokharel | 6,480 |
| | Others | Others | 1,924 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Suresh Kumar Ale Magar | 17,744 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ek Bahadur Rana Magar | 10,566 |
| | Nepali Congress | Govinda Raj Joshi | 10,477 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Amar Singh Guru | 1,094 |
| | Others | | 2,635 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,407 |
| Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Govinda Raj Joshi | 23,205 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ek Bahadur Rana Magar | 15,908 |
| | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Ganesh Bahadur Gurung | 1,891 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Babu Krishna Pandey | 1,436 |
| | Others | Others | 965 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 669 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Govinda Raj Joshi | 19,086 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ek Bahadur Rana Magar | 11,322 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Chhetra Pratap Adhikari | 6,147 |
| | Others | Others | 1,526 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Ram Chandra Paudel | 18,268 |
| | Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal | Ram Nath Sharma "Aakhil" | 13,859 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||