Banke 1 (constituency)

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Banke 1 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Banke District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

Banke 1
Parliamentary constituency
Banke 1 in Lumbini Province
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictBanke District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentMaheshwar Jang Gahatraj

Incorporated areas

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Banke 1 incorporates Narainapur Rural Municipality, Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality and Kohalpur Municipality.

Assembly segments

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It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Banke 1(A)
  • Banke 1(B)

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1991 Syed Mairaj Ahmed Shah Nepali Congress
1994 Prem Bahadur Bhandari Rastriya Prajatantra Party
March 1997 Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)
1999 Gyanu K.C. Nepali Congress
2008 Tilak Pariyar CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Dev Raj Bhar CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017 Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022 Surya Prasad Dhakal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Election results

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Election in the 2020s

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2022 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Surya Prasad DhakalCPN (UML)25,02635.34
Maheshwar Jung GahatrajCPN (Maoist Centre)19,63227.72
Suresh Kumar ChaudharyNagrik Unmukti Party11,46516.19
Aananda Babu KafleRastriya Swatantra Party10,07114.22
Ram Kumar YadavPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal2,6933.80
Others1,9242.72
Total70,811100.00
Majority5,394
CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

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Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj 31,173
Nepali Congress Madhav Ram Khatri 28,217
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Lal Bahadur Shah 4,588
Others 2,265
Invalid votes 3,592
Result Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dev Raj Bhar 13,972
Nepali Congress Narayan Prasad Sharma Sigdel 12,429
UCPN (Maoist) Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj 7,992
Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Fula Ram Tharu 4,321
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Prem Bahadur Bhandari 3,919
Others 4,095
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

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Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Tilak Pariyar 16,087
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dev Raj Bhar 9,360
Nepali Congress Gajendra Bahadur Hamal 8,485
Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Fula Ram Tharu 4,616
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Prem Bahadur Bhandari 2,848
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Padam Bahadur Malla 1,601
Others 2,218
Invalid votes 2,038
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

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Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Gyanu K.C. 15,137
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dinesh Chandra Yadav 14,179
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Prem Bahadur Bhandari 7,524
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chet Bahadur Thapa 5,494
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Raj Pant 1,984
Independent Thakur Singh Tharu 1,028
Others 807
Invalid votes 1,590
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Prem Bahadur Bhandari 15,276
Nepali Congress Sanat Kumar Regmi 11,8124
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kali Bahadur Dhital 8,451
Independent Yuvaraj Sharma 1,076
Others 2,286
Result RPP gain
Source: Election Commission[5]
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Syed Mairaj Ahmed Shah 14,604
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 7,222
Result Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  3. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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