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Jhapa 1 (constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in Koshi Province, Nepal}}

{{Infobox constituency|name=Jhapa 1|type=Parliamentary|constituency_link=|parl_name=|map1=|map2=|map3=|map4=|map_size=300|map_entity=|map_year=2017|image=Jhapa1PratinidhiSabha.svg|image2=|image3=|image4=|caption=Jhapa 1 in Province No. 1|caption2=|caption3=|caption4=|district_label=Province|district=Koshi Province|region_label=District|region=Jhapa District|population=|electorate=|towns=|future=|year=1991|abolished_label=|abolished=|elects_howmany=|seats=|party_label=|party=Nepali Congress|members_label=Member of Parliament|members=Bishwa Prakash Sharma|local_council_label=|local_council=|previous=|next=|blank1_name=Koshi MPA 1(A) |blank1_info=Gopal Tamang (NC)|blank2_name=Koshi MPA 1(B)|blank2_info=Sabina Bajagain (RPP)|blank3_name=|blank3_info=|blank4_name=|blank4_info=}}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.{{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

Jhapa 1 incorporates Mechinagar Municipality, ward 9 and 10 of Bhadrapur Municipality and wards 4–7 of Buddhashanti Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Jhapa 1(A)
  • Jhapa 1(B)

Members of Parliament

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

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

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

|1991

|Drona Prasad Acharya

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

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

|1994 by-election

|Krishna Prasad Sitaula

|Nepali Congress

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

|1994

|Pushpa Raj Pokharel

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

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

|1999

|Krishna Prasad Sitaula

|Nepali Congress

rowspan="2" style="background-color:darkred" |

|2008

| rowspan="2" |Dharma Prasad Ghimire

|CPN (Maoist)

January 2009

|UCPN (Maoist)

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

|2013

|Rabin Koirala

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

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

|2017

| rowspan="3" |Surendra Kumar Karki

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

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

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

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

|March 2021

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

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

|2022

|Bishwa Prakash Sharma

|Nepali Congress

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

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

== 1(A) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

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

|2017

| rowspan="3" |Shri Prasad Mainali

|CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

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

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

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

|March 2021

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

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

|2022

|Gopal Tamang

|Nepali Congress

{{col-2}}

== 1(B) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

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

|2017

| rowspan="3" |Gopal Chandra Budhathoki

|CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

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

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

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

|March 2021

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

style="background-color:gold" |

|2022

|Sabina Bhajgai

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

{{col-end}}

Election results

= Election in the 2020s =

== 2022 general election ==

{{Election results|cand1=Bishwa Prakash Sharma|party1=Nepali Congress|votes1=39624|cand2=Agni Prasad Kharel|party2=CPN (UML)|votes2=25349|cand3=Omnath Bhandari|party3=Rastriya Swatantra Party|votes3=8564|cand4=Santosh Tamang|party4=Mongol National Organisation|votes4=1577|cand5=Others|votes5=1957|invalid=|electorate=|result=Nepali Congress gain|majority=14275|source={{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral2079.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}}}

== [[2022 Nepalese provincial elections|2022 provincial election]] ==

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

===1(A) ===

{{Election results

|cand1=Gopal Tamang

|party1=Nepali Congress

|votes1=23045

|cand2=Rabin Koirala

|party2=CPN (UML)

|votes2=18657

|cand3=Sagar Rai

|party3=Mongol National Organisation

|votes3=2452

|cand4=Meera Karki

|party4=People's Socialist Party

|votes4=924

|cand5=Gangalal Rajbanshi

|party5=Loktantrik Samajwadi Party

|votes5=763

|party6=Others

|votes6=318

|invalid=

|electorate=

|result=Nepali Congress

|majority=4388

|source=

}}

{{col-2}}

===1(B)===

{{Election results

|cand1=Sabina Bajgai

|party1=Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|votes1=13612

|cand2=Shyambir Limbu

|party2=CPN (Maoist Centre)

|votes2=12225

|cand3=Pradeep Rai

|party3=Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch

|votes3=1193

|cand4=Mohan Singh Limbu

|party4=Mongol National Organisation

|votes4=1112

|cand5=Hira Prasad Pokharel

|party5=Independent

|votes5=1036

|cand6=Om Prakash Khapung

|party6=People's Socialist Party

|votes6=981

|party7=Others

|votes7=1023

|invalid=

|electorate=

|result=Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|majority=1387

|source=

}}

{{col-end}}

= Election in the 2010s =

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

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:darkred" |

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

|Surendra Kumar Karki

|36,173

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

|Nepali Congress

|BIshwa Prakash Sharma

|33,310

style="background-color:mediumblue" |

|Mongol National Organisation

|Santosh Tamang

|1,389

style="background-color:#ffc0cb" |

|Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal

|Bhakta Bahadur Limbu

|1,044

| colspan="2" |Others

|483

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|2,667

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Maoist Centre gain

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

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

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=== 1(A) ===

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Shri Prasad Mainali

|22,972

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

|Nepali Congress

|Keshav Raj Pandey

|17,240

style="background-color:mediumblue" |

|Mongol National Organisation

|Bhaskar Rai

|1,153

| colspan="2" |Others

|2,475

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|1,509

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain

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

{{col-2}}

=== 1(B) ===

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Gopal Chandra Budhathoki

|17,839

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

|Nepali Congress

|Ashok Kumar Pokharel

|9,978

| colspan="2" |Others

|1,791

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|933

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain

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

{{col-end}}

== [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 Constituent Assembly election]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Rabin Koirala

|17,229

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

|Nepali Congress

|Bishwa Prakash Sharma

|16,540

style="background-color:darkred" |

|UCPN (Maoist)

|Bodh Raj Dahal

|6,858

style="background-color:pink" |

|Federal Socialist Party, Nepal

|Dhan Prasad Gurung

|1,979

style="background-color:orange" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

|Ashok Subba

|1,463

| colspan="2" |Others

|2,351

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain

colspan="4" |Source: NepalNews{{Cite web|date=2015-03-25|title=Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens|url=http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|archive-date=2015-03-25}}

= Election in the 2000s =

== [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008 Constituent Assembly election]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:darkred" |

|CPN (Maoist)

|Dharma Prasad Ghimire

|15,276

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

|Nepali Congress

|Narendra Bikram Nemwang

|14,283

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Naresh Kharel

|14,028

style="background-color:indianred" |

|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|Badri Prasad Upreti

|1,638

|Others

|

|3,414

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|2,792

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Maoist gain

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03}}

= Election in the 1990s =

== [[1999 Nepalese legislative election|1999 legislative elections]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

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

|Nepali Congress

|Krishna Prasad Sitaula

|17,561

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Narayan Rajbanshi

|15,300

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Rajendra Prasad Lingden

|5,625

style="background-color:dodgerblue" |

|Rastriya Janamukti Party

|Gyan Bahadur Imbung

|2,708

style="background-color:yellowgreen" |

|Nepal Sadbhawana Party

|Surya Narayan Ganesh

|2,272

style="background-color:indianred" |

|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|Dhyan Bahadur Rai

|2,168

style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |

|Independent

|Jagat Bahadur Shrestha

|1,417

| colspan="2" |Others

|515

colspan="3" |Invalid Votes

|1,249

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress gain

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24}}{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}

== [[1994 Nepalese legislative election|1994 legislative elections]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Pushpa Raj Pokharel

|15,652

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

|Nepali Congress

|Krishna Prasad Sitaula

|14,511

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Devi Raman Bhattarai

|5,390

style="background-color:yellowgreen" |

|Nepal Sadbhawana Party

|Jivan Singh Rajbanshi

|3,869

style="background-color:dodgerblue" |

|Rastriya Janamukti Party

|Ram Prasad Chauiwainwa

|2,776

|Independent

|Jhatan Singh Rajbanshi

|176

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain

colspan="4" |Source: [http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf]

=== 1994 by-election ===

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

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

|Nepali Congress

|Krishna Prasad Sitaula

colspan="2" |Result

!Congress gain

colspan="3" |Source: Election Commission{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=बिभिन्न जिल्लाका निर्वाचन क्षेत्रबाट प्रतिनिधि सभाका सदस्यमा निर्वाचित हुनु भएको|url=http://rajpatra.dop.gov.np/welcome/book/?ref=17034|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713053517/http://rajpatra.dop.gov.np/welcome/book/?ref=17034|archive-date=2021-07-13|access-date=2020-12-11|website=rajpatra.dop.gov.np}}

== [[1991 Nepalese legislative election|1991 legislative elections]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Drona Prasad Acharya

|13,721

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

|Nepali Congress

|Krishna Prasad Sitaula

|9,827

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain

colspan="4" |Source: [http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf]

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20171030174945/www.election.gov.np/ecn/uploads/userfiles/maps/JHAPA.pdf Constituency map of Jhapa]

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