Surkhet 1 (constituency)

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

Surkhet 1
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Surkhet 1 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Surkhet 1(A) (red) and Surkhet 1(B) (blue) within Surkhet District
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictSurkhet District
Electorate1016,37
Current constituency
Created1991
MPDhurba Kumar Shahi (NCP)
Karnali MPA 1(A)Thammar Bahadur Bista (NCP)
Karnali MPA 1(B)Khadak Bahadur Khatri (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Surkhet 1 incorporates Gurbhakot Municipality, Bheriganga Municipality, Simta Rural Municipality, Chingad Rural Municipality, Lekbeshi Municipality and wards 15 and 16 of Birendranagar Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Surkhet 1(A)
  • Surkhet 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Purna Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
2008 Kamala Sharma CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2013 Purna Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
2017 Dhruba Kumar Shahi CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dhruba Kumar Shahi 36,759
Nepali Congress Purna Bahadur Khadka 33,377
Others 1,017
Invalid votes 1,594
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Purna Bahadur Khadka 17,301
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kamala Sharma 15,398
UCPN (Maoist) Thammar Bahadur Bista 3,780
Others 1,463
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kamala Sharma 18,804
Nepali Congress Lal Bahadur Ghale 12,335
CPN (Maoist) Khadga Bahadur Gharti 10,878
Others 1,499
Invalid votes 1,065
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Purna Bahadur Khadka 16,980
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rishi Prasad Sharma 16,594
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Man Bahadur Khatri 1,523
Others 909
Invalid votes 620
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4][5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Purna Bahadur Khadka 13,771
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rishi Prasad Sharma 12,654
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chandra Bahadur Budha Magar 3,213
Others 796
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Purna Bahadur Khadka 21,637
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 20,016
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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