Dhanusha 1 (constituency)

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

Dhanusha 1
Parliamentary Constituency
Dhanusha 1 in Province No. 2
ProvinceProvince No. 2
DistrictDhanusha District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentMatrika Prasad Yadav

Incorporated areas

Dhanusha 1 incorporates Ganeshman Charnath Municipality, Dhanushadham Municipality, Sabaila Municipality, wards 1, 3, 4 and 5 of Mithila Bihari Municipality, wards 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 of Hansapur Municipality, ward 4 of Mithila Municipality and wards 8 and 9 of Chhirreshwarnath Municipality

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Dhanusha 1(A)
  • Dhanusha 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Shivadhari Yadav Nepali Congress
1994 Hem Raj Rai CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Smriti Narayan Chaudhary Nepali Congress
2008 Ram Chandra Jha CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2013 Dinesh Prasad Parsaila Yadav Nepali Congress
2017 Matrika Prasad Yadav CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist Centre) Matrika Prasad Yadav 26,418
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Deepak Karki 17,296
Nepali Congress Ananda Prasad Dhungana 15,679
Independent Manoj Malla Thakuri 3,492
Others 1,812
Invalid votes 4,471
Result Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission


2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dinesh Prasad Parsaila Yadav 8,827
Independent Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav 7,946
UCPN (Maoist) Ram Chandra Jha 5,310
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ratneshwor Goit Yadav 4,175
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Uma Shankar Argariya 3,137
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Arun Singh Mandal Dhanuk 1,327
Others 4,085
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Chandra Jha 12,183
CPN (Maoist) Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav 9,608
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal Gajadhar Rohita Yadav 6,210
Nepali Congress Smriti Narayan Chaudhary 5,354
Others 4,733
Invalid votes 2,932
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Smriti Narayan Chaudhary 20,095
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Chandra Jha 18,352
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Ratneshwor Goit 7,228
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Guru Sharan Rohita 1,035
Others 1,377
Invalid Votes 1,457
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Chandra Jha 20,749
Nepali Congress Shiva Dhari Yadav 14,317
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Madan Giri 4,677
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Pradip Goit 1,637
Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal Asarphi Minbar 1,636
Others 647
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Shivadhari Yadav 16,616
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Yogendra Shah 16,371
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

References

  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  3. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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