Khotang 1 (constituency)

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

Khotang 1
Parliamentary Constituency
Khotang 1 in Province No. 1
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictKhotang District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentBishal Bhattarai

Incorporated areas

Khotang 1 incorporates the entirety of Khotang District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Khotang 1(A)
  • Khotang 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Tanka Rai CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Sarba Dhan Rai Nepali Congress
2008 Ram Kumar Rai CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Panchkarna Rai CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017 Bishal Bhattarai
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bishal Bhattarai 37,837
Nepali Congress Saraswati Bajimaya 23,465
Naya Shakti Party, Nepal Madan Kumar Rai 2,494
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Krishna Kumar Rai 2,377
Others 732
Invalid votes 4,355
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission


2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Panchkarna Rai 10,824
Nepali Congress Naresh Kumar Shrestha 9,841
UCPN (Maoist) Durga Jayanta Rai 7,501
Federal Socialist Party, Nepal Devraj Rai 2,263
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Baindra K.C. 1,002
Others 1,877
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Ram Kumar Rai 16,687
Nepali Congress Subas Kumar Pokharel 9,029
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Panchkarna Rai 8,793
CPN (Unified) Tanka Rai 2,592
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Dharma Sher Rai 2,499
Janamorcha Nepal Amar Kumar Rai 1,373
Others 989
Invalid votes 2,654
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Sarba Dhan Rai 17,216
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Karna Bahadur Ghale 12,814
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Ganesh Rai 6,143
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Parshu Ram Rai 4,550
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Sita Ram Rai 1,620
Others 1,151
Invalid Votes 952
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Tanka Rai 14,737
Nepali Congress Bal Bahadur Rai 14,260
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Parshuram Rai 7,503
Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal Nanda Prasad Rai 1,384
Rastriya Janamukti Party Gajraj Rai 1,112
Independent Khem Raj Khanal 154
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Tanka Rai 11,563
Nepali Congress Bal Bahadur Rai 8,039
Result CPN (UML) 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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