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.

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 Assembly segments 
It encompasses the following Koshi Provincial Assembly segment
 Jhapa 1(A)
 Jhapa 1(B)

 Members of Parliament 

 Parliament/Constituent Assembly 
ElectionMemberParty1991Drona Prasad AcharyaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)1994 by-electionKrishna Prasad SitaulaNepali Congress1994Pushpa Raj PokharelCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)1999Krishna Prasad SitaulaNepali Congress2008Dharma Prasad GhimireCPN (Maoist)January 2009UCPN (Maoist)2013Rabin KoiralaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2017Surendra Kumar KarkiCPN (Maoist Centre)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Maoist Centre)2022Bishwa Prakash SharmaNepali Congress

 Provincial Assembly 

 1(A) 
ElectionMemberParty2017Shri Prasad MainaliCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2022Gopal TamangNepali Congress

 1(B) 
ElectionMemberParty2017CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2022Rastriya Prajatantra Party

 Election results 
 Election in the 2020s 

 2022 general election 

 2022 provincial election 

1(A) 

1(B)

 Election in the 2010s 

 2017 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist Centre)Surendra Kumar Karki36,173Nepali CongressBIshwa Prakash Sharma33,310Mongol National OrganisationSantosh Tamang1,389Federal Socialist Forum, NepalBhakta Bahadur Limbu1,044Others483Invalid votes2,667ResultMaoist Centre gainSource: Election Commission

 2017 Koshi Provincial Assembly election 

 1(A) 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Shri Prasad Mainali22,972Nepali CongressKeshav Raj Pandey17,240Mongol National OrganisationBhaskar Rai1,153Others2,475Invalid votes1,509ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

 1(B) 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Gopal Chandra Budhathoki17,839Nepali CongressAshok Kumar Pokharel9,978Others1,791Invalid votes933ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

 2013 Constituent Assembly election 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rabin Koirala17,229Nepali CongressBishwa Prakash Sharma16,540UCPN (Maoist)Bodh Raj Dahal6,858Federal Socialist Party, NepalDhan Prasad Gurung1,979Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalAshok Subba1,463Others2,351ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: NepalNews

 Election in the 2000s 

 2008 Constituent Assembly election 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Dharma Prasad Ghimire15,276Nepali CongressNarendra Bikram Nemwang14,283CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Naresh Kharel14,028CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Badri Prasad Upreti1,638Others3,414Invalid votes2,792ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission

 Election in the 1990s 

 1999 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressKrishna Prasad Sitaula17,561CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Narayan Rajbanshi15,300Rastriya Prajatantra PartyRajendra Prasad Lingden5,625Rastriya Janamukti PartyGyan Bahadur Imbung2,708Nepal Sadbhawana PartySurya Narayan Ganesh2,272CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Dhyan Bahadur Rai2,168IndependentJagat Bahadur Shrestha1,417Others515Invalid Votes1,249ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission

 1994 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Pushpa Raj Pokharel15,652Nepali CongressKrishna Prasad Sitaula14,511Rastriya Prajatantra PartyDevi Raman Bhattarai5,390Nepal Sadbhawana PartyJivan Singh Rajbanshi3,869Rastriya Janamukti PartyRam Prasad Chauiwainwa2,776IndependentJhatan Singh Rajbanshi176ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: 

 1994 by-election 
PartyCandidateNepali CongressKrishna Prasad SitaulaResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission

 1991 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Drona Prasad Acharya13,721Nepali CongressKrishna Prasad Sitaula9,827ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: 

 Related pages 
 List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

 References 

 Other websites 
 Constituency map of Jhapa

Category:Parliamentary constituencies of Nepal