Bardiya 1 (constituency)

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

Bardiya 1
Parliamentary constituency
Bardiya 1 in Lumbini Province
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictBardiya District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepali Congress
Member of ParliamentSanjay Kumar Gautam

Incorporated areas edit

Bardiya 1 incorporates Bansgadhi Municipality, Bedhaiyatal Rural Municipality, Gulariya Municipality and wards 4–11of Barbardiya Municipality.

Assembly segments edit

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Bardiya 1(A)
  • Bardiya 1(B)

Members of Parliament edit

Parliament/Constituent Assembly edit

Election Member Party
1991 Bam Dev Gautam CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
March 1998 CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Kashi Paudel Nepali Congress
2008 Sarala Regmi CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Bam Dev Gautam CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2014 by-election Shyam Prasad Dhakal
2017 Sanjay Kumar Gautam Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly edit

Election results edit

Election in the 2020s edit

2022 general election edit

CandidatePartyVotes%
Sanjay Kumar GautamNepali Congress30,61131.24
Laxman Raj GyawaliCPN (UML)26,15526.69
Thakur Singh TharuNagrik Unmukti Party23,99324.49
Prabesh BhusalRastriya Swatantra Party11,00411.23
Sohrab PathanJanamat Party2,3552.40
Surya Bahadur SinghRastriya Prajatantra Party2,2662.31
Resham Bahadur KhatriPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal1,0001.02
Others5970.61
Total97,981100.00
Majority4,456
Nepali Congress hold
Source: [2]

Elections in the 2010s edit

2017 legislative elections edit

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Sanjay Kumar Gautam 44,829
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bam Dev Gautam 44,076
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Nar Bahadur Bohora 2,372
Others 2,228
Invalid votes 5,948
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections edit

2014 by-elections edit

CandidatePartyVotes%
Shyam Prasad DhakalCPN (UML)16,69640.02
Sode BistaNepali Congress11,35527.22
Bhuwan Kumar TharuUCPN (Maoist)11,03126.44
Govinda Prasad TharuMJFN (D)1,5963.83
Bhim Bahadur ChandCPN (Marxist–Leninist)1,0412.50
Total41,719100.00
Valid votes41,719100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes41,719100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,44371.38
Majority5,341
CPN (UML) hold
Source: [3]

2013 Constituent Assembly election edit

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bam Dev Gautam 18,347
UCPN (Maoist) Bhuwan Kumar Tharu 11,628
Nepali Congress Bhuwaneshwar Chaudhary 8,598
Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Thakur Singh Tharu 1,174
Others 3,595
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[4]

Election in the 2000s edit

2008 Constituent Assembly election edit

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Sarala Regmi 17,955
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bam Dev Gautam 13,773
Nepali Congress Malati Sodari 6,831
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Govinda Prasad Tharu 2,324
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Nar Bahadur Bohora 1,815
Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Thakur Singh Tharu 1,340
Others 1,154
Invalid votes 1,163
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

Election in the 1990s edit

1999 legislative elections edit

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Kashi Paudel 17,219
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Bam Dev Gautam 13,247
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Gobinda Prasad Koirala 10,885
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Gaurav Chand 1,646
Others 2,774
Invalid votes 1,490
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[6][7]

1994 legislative elections edit

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bam Dev Gautam 16,933
Nepali Congress Phul Ram Tharu 10,949
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Thakur Singh Tharu 5,757
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[6]

1991 legislative elections edit

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bam Dev Gautam 16,486
Nepali Congress 11,712
Result CPN (UML) 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. ^ "Observation Newsletter #8-9" (in Nepali). Nepal: Nepal Election Observation Committee. June 2014.
  4. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  5. ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  7. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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