Sunsari 1 (constituency)

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

Sunsari 1
Parliamentary Constituency
Sunsari 1 in Province No. 1
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictSunsari District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentJay Kumar Rai

Incorporated areas

Sunsari 1 incorporates Dharan Sub-metropolitan City, wards 1–5 of Barah Municipality and wards 6 and 7 of Ramdhuni Municipality

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Sunsari 1(A)
  • Sunsari 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Man Mohan Adhikari CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994 Lila Shrestha Subba
1999 Kunta Sharma
2008 Kiran Kumar Rai CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Krishna Kumar Rai CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017 Jay Kumar Rai
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Jay Kumar Rai 44,528
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Ashok Kumar Rai 22,123
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Krishna Man Limbu 1,521
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Harka Raj Bista 1,366
Others 3,212
Invalid votes 4,340
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Kumar Rai 14,384
Nepali Congress Chandra Prasad Shrestha 12,337
UCPN (Maoist) Muksamahang Subba Limbu 9,025
Federal Socialist Party, Nepal Dhyan Bahadur Rai 3,809
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Judhha Bahadur Lohani 1,112
Rastriya Janamukti Party Chandra Bahadur Limbu 1,042
Others 2,394
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Kiran Kumar Rai 18,620
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Manoj Kumar Myangbo 11,693
Nepali Congress Uma Bastola 6,535
CPN (United) Dipak Rai 1,944
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Min Kumar Limbu 1,625
Others 1,968
Invalid votes 2,760
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kunta Sharma 14,843
Nepali Congress Chandra Prasad Shrestha 13,032
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Dhyan Bahadur Rai 5,799
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Krishna Kumar Rai 4,251
Rastriya Janamukti Party Shrawan Kumar Limbu 3,204
Others 902
Invalid Votes 813
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lila Shrestha Subba 12,774
Nepali Congress Binod Kumar Rai 7,705
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Krishna Kumar Rap 7,337
Rastriya Janamukti Party Gore Bahadur Khapangi 4,911
Others 902
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Man Mohan Adhikari 27,784
Nepali Congress Bekh Dangol 12,342
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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