# Jhapa 1 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Jhapa 1 incorporates Mechinagar Municipality, ward 9 and 10 of Bhadrapur Municipality and wards 4–7 of Buddhashanti Rural Municipality.

## Assembly segments

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

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Drona Prasad Acharya | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1994 by-election | Krishna Prasad Sitaula | Nepali Congress |
| 1994 | Pushpa Raj Pokharel | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1999 | Krishna Prasad Sitaula | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Dharma Prasad Ghimire | CPN (Maoist) |
| January 2009 | Dharma Prasad Ghimire | UCPN (Maoist) |
| 2013 | Rabin Koirala | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2017 | Surendra Kumar Karki | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| May 2018 | Surendra Kumar Karki | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Surendra Kumar Karki | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| 2022 | Bishwa Prakash Sharma | Nepali Congress |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Bishwa Prakash Sharma | Nepali Congress | 39,624 | 51.41 |
| | Agni Prasad Kharel | CPN (UML) | 25,349 | 32.89 |
| | Omnath Bhandari | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 8,564 | 11.11 |
| | Santosh Tamang | Mongol National Organisation | 1,577 | 2.05 |
| | Others | | 1,957 | 2.54 |
| Total | Total | Total | 77,071 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,275 | |
| | 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) | Surendra Kumar Karki | 36,173 |
| | Nepali Congress | BIshwa Prakash Sharma | 33,310 |
| | Mongol National Organisation | Santosh Tamang | 1,389 |
| | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Bhakta Bahadur Limbu | 1,044 |
| | Others | Others | 483 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,667 |
| Result | Result | Maoist Centre gain | Maoist Centre gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rabin Koirala | 17,229 |
| | Nepali Congress | Bishwa Prakash Sharma | 16,540 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Bodh Raj Dahal | 6,858 |
| | Federal Socialist Party, Nepal | Dhan Prasad Gurung | 1,979 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Ashok Subba | 1,463 |
| | Others | Others | 2,351 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Dharma Prasad Ghimire | 15,276 |
| | Nepali Congress | Narendra Bikram Nemwang | 14,283 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Naresh Kharel | 14,028 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Badri Prasad Upreti | 1,638 |
| | Others | | 3,414 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,792 |
| Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Krishna Prasad Sitaula | 17,561 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Narayan Rajbanshi | 15,300 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rajendra Prasad Lingden | 5,625 |
| | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Gyan Bahadur Imbung | 2,708 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Surya Narayan Ganesh | 2,272 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Dhyan Bahadur Rai | 2,168 |
| | Independent | Jagat Bahadur Shrestha | 1,417 |
| | Others | Others | 515 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,249 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Pushpa Raj Pokharel | 15,652 |
| | Nepali Congress | Krishna Prasad Sitaula | 14,511 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Devi Raman Bhattarai | 5,390 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Jivan Singh Rajbanshi | 3,869 |
| | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Ram Prasad Chauiwainwa | 2,776 |
| | Independent | Jhatan Singh Rajbanshi | 176 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: ||||

##### 1994 by-election

| Party | Party | Candidate |
| | Nepali Congress | Krishna Prasad Sitaula |
| Result | Result | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission |||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Drona Prasad Acharya | 13,721 |
| | Nepali Congress | Krishna Prasad Sitaula | 9,827 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: ||||