Kaski 1 (constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in Nepal}}

{{Infobox constituency|name=Kaski 1|type=Parliamentary|constituency_link=|parl_name=House of Representatives|map1=|map2=|map3=|map4=|map_size=300|map_entity=|map_year=2017|image=Kaski1PratinidihiSabha.svg|image2=Kaski1PradeshSabha.png|image3=|image4=|caption=Kaski 1 in Gandaki Province|caption2=Assembly segments Kaski 1(A) and Kaski 1(B) within Kaski District|caption3=|caption4=|district_label=Province|district=Gandaki Province|region_label=District|region=Kaski District|population=|electorate=96,084|towns=|future=|year=1991|abolished_label=|abolished=|elects_howmany=|seats=|party_label=|party=|members_label=MP|members=Khagaraj Adhikari (NCP)|local_council_label=|local_council=|previous=|next=|blank1_name=Gandaki
MPA
1(A)|blank1_info=Dipak Koirala (NCP)|blank2_name=Gandaki
MPA
1(B)|blank2_info=Man Bahadur Gurung (NCP)|blank3_name=|blank3_info=|blank4_name=|blank4_info=}}Kaski 1 is one of three parliamentary constituencies of Kaski 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

Kaski 1 incorporates Rupa Rural Municipality, Madi Rural Municipality and wards 10, 12–14 and 27–32 of Pokhara Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

  • Kaski 1(A)
  • Kaski 1(B)

Members of Parliament

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

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

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

|1991

|Tara Nath Ranabhat

|Nepali Congress

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

|1994

|Khag Raj Adhikari

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

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

|1999

|Tara Nath Ranabhat

|Nepali Congress

rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|2008

| rowspan="2" |Dev Prasad Gurung

|CPN (Maoist)

January 2009

| rowspan="2" |UCPN (Maoist)

2009 by-election

|Krishna Bahadur Gurung

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

|2013

|Yagya Bahadur Thapa

|Nepali Congress

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|2017

| rowspan="3" |Khag Raj Adhikari

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

|March 2021

| rowspan="2" |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|2022

|Man Bahadur Gurung

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

{{Col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

== 1(A) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

style="background-color:darkred" |

|2017

|rowspan="2"|Dipak Koirala

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

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

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

{{Col-2}}

== 1(B) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |

|2017

|rowspan="2"|Man Bahadur Gurung

|CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

{{Col-end}}

Election results

= Election in the 2020s =

== 2022 general election ==

{{Election results|cand1=Man Bahadur Gurung|party1=CPN (UML)|votes1=25708|cand2=Kishore Dutt Baral|party2=Nepali Congress|votes2=23189|cand3=Raju Rai|party3=Rastriya Swatantra Party|votes3=10941|cand4=Surta Bahadur Gurung|party4=Rastriya Prajatantra Party|votes4=3008|cand5=Pramod Acharya|party5=Hamro Nepali Party|votes5=1029|cand6=Others|votes6=1262|invalid=|electorate=|result=CPN (UML) hold|majority=2519|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=Khagaraj Adhikari

|party1=CPN (UML)

|votes1=15623

|cand2=Dipak Koirala

|party2=CPN (Maoist Centre)

|votes2=11627

|cand3=Madan Bahadur K.C.

|party3=Hamro Nepali Party

|votes3=3629

|cand4=Baburam Thapa

|party4=Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|votes4=3534

|party5=Others

|votes5=1095

|invalid=

|electorate=

|result=CPN (UML)

|majority=3996

|source=

}}

{{col-2}}

===1(B)===

{{Election results

|cand1=Bed Bahadur Gurung

|party1=CPN (UML)

|votes1=12661

|cand2=Dipak Gurung

|party2=Nepali Congress

|votes2=11794

|cand3=Mahendra Bahadur Karki

|party3=Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|votes3=3656

|cand4=Mahesh Shrestha

|party4=Hamro Nepali Party

|votes4=1549

|party5=Others

|votes5=921

|invalid=

|electorate=

|result=CPN (UML)

|majority=867

|source=

}}

{{col-end}}

= Election in the 2010s =

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

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Khag Raj Adhikari

|39,242

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

|Nepali Congress

|Yagya Bahadur Thapa

|25,826

| colspan="2" |Others

|2,418

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|1,612

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) 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 (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)

|Dipak Koirala

|18,727

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

|Nepali Congress

|Jiwan Pariyar

|15,081

| colspan="2" |Others

|2,462

colspan="3"|Invalid votes

|632

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Maoist Centre 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)

|Man Bahadur Gurung

|17,249

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

|Nepali Congress

|Krishna Bahadur K.C.

|13,102

|colspan="2"|Others

|1,173

colspan="3"|Invalid votes

|661

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|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Yagya Bahadur Thapa

|15,832

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Man Bahadur G.C.

|15,560

style="background-color:darkred" |

|UCPN (Maoist)

|Bishnu Paudel

|6,475

| colspan="2" |Others

|2,807

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress 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 =

== 2009 by-elections ==

{{Election results

|party1=UCPN (Maoist)

|cand1=Krishna Bahadur Gurung

|votes1=12257

|party2=Nepali Congress

|cand2=Dipak Bahadur Gurung

|votes2=12225

|party3=CPN (UML)

|cand3=Shaligram Poudel

|votes3=11118

|party4=CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|cand4=Teknath Bhandari

|votes4=1210

|party5=Others

|votes5=4580

|electorate=92528

|invalid=0

|majority=32

|result=UCPN (Maoist) hold

|source= Election Commission{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=उपनिर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरु संविधान सभा सदस्यमा निर्वाचित भएको नामावली|url=http://rajpatra.dop.gov.np/welcome/book/?ref=21016|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-12|website=rajpatra.dop.gov.np}}{{Cite book |title=Constituent Assembly By-election-2009 Observation Report |publisher=National Election Observation Committee (Nepal) |year=2009 |language=ne}}

}}

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

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:darkred" |

|CPN (Maoist)

|Dev Prasad Gurung

|17,409

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Khag Raj Adhikari

|14,886

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

|Nepali Congress

|Yagya Bahadur Thapa

|14,293

|Others

|

|1,667

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|1,706

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

|Tara Nath Ranabhat

|23,939

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Khag Raj Adhikari

|20,136

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

|Independent

|Dal Bahadur Gurung

|2,394

style="background-color:indianred" |

|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|Rabindra Prasad Adhikari

|1,752

| colspan="2" |Others

|756

colspan="3" |Invalid Votes

|710

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)

|Khag Raj Adhikari

|19,965

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

|Nepali Congress

|Tara Nath Ranabhat

|18,714

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Krishna Bahadur Gurung

|11,236

| colspan="2" |Others

|572

colspan="2" |Result

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

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission

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

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

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

|Nepali Congress

|Tara Nath Ranabhat

|20,416

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|

|18,683

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress gain

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

See also

References

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