Kailali 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Assembly segments Kailali 1(A) (red) and Kailali 1(B) within Kailali District
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictKailali District
Electorate93,672
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNagrik Unmukti Party
MPRanjeeta Shrestha
Sudurpashchim
MPA
1(A)
Kailash Chaudhary (NUP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA
1(B)
Laxman Kishor Chaudhary (NUP)

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

Incorporated areas

Kailali 1 incorporates Joshipur Rural Municipality, Tikapur Municipality, wards 6 and 8 of Bhajani Municipality and wards 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of Janaki Rural Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

  • Kailali 1(A)
  • Kailali 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament, Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Ganga Bahadur Kunwar Nepali Congress
1994 Himanchal Raj Bhattarai CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Sushila Swar Nepali Congress
2008 Rupa Chaudhary CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Janak Raj Chaudhary Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
April 2017 Nepal Loktantrik Forum
2017 Resham Lal Chaudhary Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal
August 2021 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
2022 Ranjeeta Shrestha Nagrik Unmukti Party

Provincial Assembly

1(A)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ranjeeta ShresthaNagrik Unmukti Party30,40449.94
Ram Janam ChaudharyNepali Congress18,08129.70
Tapendra Bahadur RawalCPN (UML)5,9109.71
Lokendra KunwarRastriya Prajatantra Party3,6485.99
Tanka Prasda JaishiRastriya Swatantra Party1,8693.07
Others9661.59
Total60,878100.00
Majority12,323
Nagrik Unmukti Party gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Resham Lal Chaudhary 34,341
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Madan Kumari Shah 13,406
Nepali Congress Ishwari Neupane 11,203
Others 1,741
Invalid votes 3,648
Result RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Janak Raj Chaudhary 11,294
Nepali Congress Rana Bahadur Rawal 9,140
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prem Bahadur Saud 6,977
UCPN (Maoist) Ful Ram Dagaura Tharu 4,650
Sadbhavana Party Resham Lal Chaudhary 2,638
Others 3,357
Result MJFN (D) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Rupa Chaudhary 21,780
Nepali Congress Fakeer Singh Kadayat 8,515
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Madan Kumar Shah 6,404
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Jagat Bahadur Bogati 1,893
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary 1,615
Independent Resham Lal Chaudhary 1,083
Others 3,309
Invalid votes 1,971
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Sushila Swar 15,700
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Himanchal Raj Bhattarai 9,124
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nain Bahadur Swar 7,880
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Nawal Singh Rawal 7,762
Independent Balaram Singh Rathore 1,167
Others 2,968
Invalid Votes 3,004
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Himanchal Raj Bhattarai 8,493
Nepali Congress Keshar Singh Khadayat 7,441
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nain Bahadur Swar 6,700
Independent Kaiya Chaudhary 5,660
Others 383
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ganga Bahadur Kunwar 20,955
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) 7,430
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

References

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