# Gorkha 1 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Gorkha 1 incorporates Tshum Nubri Rural Municipality, Dharche Rural Municipality, Arughat Rural Municipality, Bhimsen Rural Municipality, Gandaki Rural Municipality, Shahid Lakhan Rural Municipality and wards 1–7 of Gorkha Municipality.

## Assembly segments

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

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Chiranjibi Wagle | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Parbati Thapa Shrestha | CPN (Maoist) |
| January 2009 | Parbati Thapa Shrestha | UCPN (Maoist) |
| 2013 | Dr. Baburam Bhattarai | UCPN (Maoist) |
| 2017 | Hari Raj Adhikari | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| May 2018 | Hari Raj Adhikari | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Hari Raj Adhikari | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| 2022 | Rajendra Bajgai | Nepali Congress |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Rajendra Bajgai | Nepali Congress | 33,428 | 58.41 |
| | Ram Sharan Basnet | CPN (UML) | 16,785 | 29.33 |
| | Subarna Rokaha | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 4,892 | 8.55 |
| | Others | | 2,126 | 3.71 |
| Total | Total | Total | 57,231 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,643 | |
| | 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 (Maoist Centre) | Hari Raj Adhikari | 29,860 |
| | Nepali Congress | Chinkaji Shrestha | 26,643 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Narayan Babu Acharya | 1,639 |
| | Others | Others | 1,242 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,320 |
| Result | Result | Maoist Centre hold | Maoist Centre hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Dr. Baburam Bhattarai | 22,824 |
| | Nepali Congress | Kiran Babu Shrestha | 8,971 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Sharan Basnet | 4,944 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Narayan Babu Acharya | 1,557 |
| | Others | Others | 866 |
| Result | Result | Maoist hold | Maoist hold |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Parbati Thapa Shrestha | 40,606 |
| | Nepali Congress | Chiranjibi Wagle | 9,142 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Baburam Thapa | 4,339 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rudra Raj Pandey | 1,436 |
| | Others | | 940 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,832 |
| Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Chiranjibi Wagle | 17,305 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Sharan Basnet | 13,438 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Narayan Malla | 5,641 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Surendra Bahadur Thapa | 2,580 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Rajeshwar Devkota | 1,733 |
| | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Bhaikaji Rana | 1,128 |
| | Others | Others | 290 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,478 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Chiranjibi Wagle | 13,223 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Narayan Malla | 11,236 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rishi Ram Sharma | 4,426 |
| | Independent | Chet Bahadur Rana | 1,820 |
| | Others | Others | 1,420 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Chiranjibi Wagle | 15,496 |
| | Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal | | 12,986 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||