# Darchula 1 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Darchula 1 incorporates the entirety of Darchula District.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment
* Darchula 1(A)
* Darchula 1(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Dilendra Prasad Badu | Nepali Congress |
| 1994 | Prem Singh Dhami | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1999 | Dilendra Prasad Badu | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Laxman Dutta Joshi | CPN (Maoist) |
| January 2009 | Laxman Dutta Joshi | UCPN (Maoist) |
| 2013 | Ganesh Singh Thagunna | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| May 2018 | Ganesh Singh Thagunna | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Ganesh Singh Thagunna | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2022 | Dilendra Prasad Badu | Nepali Congress |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Dilendra Prasad Badu | Nepali Congress | 28,515 | 51.17 |
| | Ganesh Singh Thagunna | CPN (UML) | 26,381 | 47.34 |
| | Others | | 827 | 1.48 |
| Total | Total | Total | 55,723 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,134 | |
| | 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) | Ganesh Singh Thagunna | 28,998 |
| | Nepali Congress | Bikram Singh Dhami | 22,233 |
| | Others | Others | 969 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,347 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ganesh Singh Thagunna | 20,470 |
| | Nepali Congress | Dilendra Prasad Badu | 19,236 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Lalit Singh Thagunna | 9,017 |
| | Others | Others | 2,239 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Laxman Dutta Joshi | 25,404 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ganesh Singh Thagunna | 12,813 |
| | Nepali Congress | Dilendra Prasad Badu | 12,599 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Bhawan Singh Kunwar | 2,001 |
| | Others | | 805 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,329 |
| Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Dilendra Prasad Badu | 22,379 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bir Bahadur Thagunna | 16,656 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Pratap Ram Lauhar | 3,232 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Kirti Chand Thakur | 2,920 |
| | Others | Others | 654 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 528 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Prem Singh Dhami | 15,708 |
| | Nepali Congress | Dilendra Prasad Badu | 11,611 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Indra Bahadur Bam | 5,747 |
| | Independent | Akbar Bahadur Singh | 2,308 |
| | Independent | Kirti Chandra Thakur | 2,179 |
| | Others | Others | 164 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Dilendra Prasad Badu | 9,678 |
| | CPN (Democratic) | | 3,641 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||