Eastern Rukum 1 (constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in Nepal}}

{{Infobox constituency|name=Eastern Rukum 1|type=Parliamentary|constituency_link=|parl_name=|map1=|map2=|map3=|map4=|map_size=300|map_entity=|map_year=2017|image=RukumEastPratinidhiSabha.svg|image2=|image3=|image4=|caption=Eastern Rukum 1 in Lumbini Province|caption2=|caption3=|caption4=|district_label=Province|district=Lumbini Province|region_label=District|region=Eastern Rukum District|population=|electorate=|towns=|future=|year=2017|abolished_label=|abolished=|elects_howmany=|seats=|party_label=|party=Nepal Communist Party|members_label=Member of Parliament|members=Kamala Roka|local_council_label=|local_council=|previous=|next=|blank1_name=|blank1_info=|blank2_name=|blank2_info=|blank3_name=|blank3_info=|blank4_name=|blank4_info=}}Eastern Rukum 1 is the parliamentary constituency of Eastern Rukum District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.{{Cite news|title=CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies|language=en|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-08-31/cdc-submits-its-report-with-165-electoral-constituencies.html|access-date=2018-04-25}}

Incorporated areas

Eastern Rukum 1 incorporates the entirety of Eastern Rukum District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Eastern Rukum 1(A)
  • Eastern Rukum 1(B)

Members of Parliament

= [[Federal Parliament of Nepal|Parliament/Constituent Assembly]] =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

style="background-color:darkred" |

|2017

| rowspan="3" |Kamala Rokka

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

|March 2021

| rowspan="2" |CPN (Maoist Centre)

|2022

|Purna Bahadur Gharti

= [[Provincial Assembly (Nepal)|Provincial Assembly]] =

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== 1(A) ==

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! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}"|

|2017

|rowspan="2"|Tej Bahadur Wali

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}"|

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

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== 1(B) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}"|

|2017

|rowspan="2"|Purna Bahadur Gharti Magar

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}"|

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

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Election results

= Election in the 2020s =

== 2022 general election ==

{{Election results|cand1=Purna Bahadur Gharti|party1=CPN (Maoist Centre)|votes1=12262|cand2=Kailash Kumar Malla|party2=CPN (UML)|votes2=5211|cand3=Others|votes3=2249|invalid=|electorate=|result=CPN (Maoist Centre)|majority=7051|source={{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral2079.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}}}

= Election in the 2010s =

== [[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 legislative elections]] ==

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! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

|Kamala Rokka

|10,434

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Harishankar Gharti Magar

|4,406

style="background-color:crimson" |

|Naya Shakti Party, Nepal

|Jitman Pun

|1,489

| colspan="2" |Others

|587

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Maoist Centre gain

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

== [[2017 Nepalese provincial elections]] ==

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===1(A) ===

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! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

|Tej Bahadur Wali

|5,427

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Dut Kumar Pun Magar

|2,144

style="background-color:crimson" |

|Naya Shakti Party, Nepal

|Rakhi Man Gharti

|851

style="background-color:{{party color|Rastriya Janamorcha}}" |

|Rastriya Janamorcha

|Anram Pun

|62

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Maoist Centre gain

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

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===1(B) ===

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! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

|Purna Bahadur Gharti Magar

|5,816

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Dutta Bahadur Basnet

|3,111

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Maoist Centre gain

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

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See also

References

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