Rautahat 1 (constituency)

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

Rautahat 1
Parliamentary constituency
Rautahat 1 in Province No. 2
ProvinceProvince No. 2
DistrictRautahat District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyCPN (Unified Socialist)
Member of ParliamentMadhav Kumar Nepal

Incorporated areas edit

Rautahat 1 incorporates Rajdevi Municipality, Gaur Municipality, Madhav Narayan Municipality, Yamunamai Rural Municipality, Durga Bhagwati Rural Municipality, ward 1 of Garuda Municipality and wards 6–8 of Gadhimai Municipality.

Assembly segments edit

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Rautahat 1(A)
  • Rautahat 1(B)

Members of Parliament edit

Parliament/Constituent Assembly edit

Election Member Party
1991 Braj Kishor Singh Nepali Congress
1999 Madhav Kumar Nepal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008 Baban Singh Independent
2013 Madhav Kumar Nepal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017 Anil Kumar Jha Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal
August 2021 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
2022 Madhav Kumar Nepal CPN (Unified Socialist)

Provincial Assembly edit

Election results edit

Election in the 2020s edit

2022 general election edit

CandidatePartyVotes%
Madhav Kumar NepalCPN (Unified Socialist)33,52252.37
Ajay Kumar GuptaCPN (UML)26,92242.06
Rajendra Prasad SahJanamat Party1,4112.20
Others2,1543.37
Total64,009100.00
Majority6,600
CPN (Unified Socialist) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s edit

2017 legislative elections edit

Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Anil Kumar Jha 21,472
Nepali Congress Krishna Prasad Yadav 15,874
CPN (Maoist Centre) Satya Narayan Bhagat 12,331
Independent Baban Singh 1,669
Others 1,520
Invalid votes 3,585
Result RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections edit

2013 Constituent Assembly election edit

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Madhav Kumar Nepal 8,361
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Ajay Kumar Gupta 8,023
Sanghiya Sadbhavana Party Anil Kumar Jha 4,234
UCPN (Maoist) Raj Kishor Prasad Yadav 3,642
Sadbhavana Party Yogendra Raya Yadav 1,658
Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Baban Singh 1,481
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Babu Lal Prasad Sah Kanu 1,470
Nepali Congress Sant Lal Sah Teli 1,302
Others 3,822
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s edit

2008 Constituent Assembly election edit

Party Candidate Votes
Independent Baban Singh 9,201
Sadbhavana Party Ajay Gupta Baniya 6,588
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Amar Prasad Yadav 6,434
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rebanta Jha 4,529
CPN (Maoist) Indal Raya Yadav 4,490
Nepali Congress Braj Kishor Singh 4,424
Others 3,364
Invalid votes 2,910
Result Independent gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s edit

1999 legislative elections edit

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Madhav Kumar Nepal 22,868
Nepali Congress Braj Kishor Singh 10,757
Independent Parmananda Sah Teli 3,157
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Bishwanath Prasad Agrawal 3,058
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chandrika Prasad Singh 3,030
Others 1,443
Invalid Votes 1,306
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections edit

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Braj Kishor Singh 14,637
Independent Bishwanath Prasad Agrawal 13,633
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Gunjeshwari Prasad Singh 6,698
CPN (United) Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar 5,940
Others 1,626
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections edit

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Braj Kishor Singh 12,569
CPN (Democratic) Khajanchi Shah 8,349
Result Congress gain
Source: [1]


See also edit

References edit

  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.

External links edit