Dailekh 1

Dailekh 1
Dailekh 1
Parliamentary constituency; for the House of Representatives
	Dailekh 1 in Karnali Province
	Assembly segments Dailekh 1(A) (red) and Dailekh 1(B) (blue) within Dailekh District
Province	Karnali Province
District	Dailekh District
Electorate	79,701
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	3
Member of; Parliament	Basana Thapa,; Nepali Congress
Karnali; MPA 1(A)	Purna Bahadur Khatri,; Congress
Karnali; MPA 1(B)	Krishna Kumar B.C.,; Congress

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

ProvinceKarnali Province

DistrictDailekh District

Electorate79,701

Created1991

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Election	Member
1991	Ganesh Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress
1999	Nar Bahadur Hamal	CPN (UML)
2008	Ganesh Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress
2013	Amar Bahadur Thapa	CPN (UML)
2017	Rabindra Raj Sharma	CPN (UML)
May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (UML)
2022	Amar Bahadur Thapa	Unified Socialist
2026	Basana Thapa	Congress

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Basana Thapa	Nepali Congress	12,372	32.38
	Rabindra Raj Sharma	CPN (UML)	11,796	30.87
	Nanda Kishor Basnet	Rastriya Swatantra Party	8,151	21.33
	Amar Bahadur Thapa	Nepali Communist Party	4,256	11.14
	Rana Bahadur Singh	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	598	1.57
	Jagat Bahadur Oli	Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party	598	1.57
	Ramlal Bishwokarma	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)	302	0.79
	Nara Bahadur Singh	Rastriya Janamorcha	91	0.24
	Log Bahadur Bogati	Independent	29	0.08
	Menuka Shrestha	Aam Janata Party	16	0.04
Total			38,209	100.00

Valid votes			38,209	94.83
Invalid/blank votes			2,081	5.17
Total votes			40,290	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			79,701	50.55

Majority			576
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Amar Bahadur Thapa	CPN (Unified Socialist)	18,256	43.75
	Rabindra Raj Sharma	CPN (UML)	17,407	41.71
	Kunti Kumari Shahi	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	4,602	11.03
	Prakash Gurung	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	698	1.67
	Indra Prasad Sharma	Rastriya Swatantra Party	387	0.93
	Gopal Nepali	Independent	210	0.50
	Nirakh Bahadur Thapa	Independent	106	0.25
	Bhupal Bahadur Thapa	Nepali Congress (BP)	66	0.16
Total			41,732	100.00

Valid votes			41,732	96.18
Invalid/blank votes			1,657	3.82
Total votes			43,389	100.00

Majority			849
	CPN (Unified Socialist) gain
Source: ^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rabindra Raj Sharma	CPN (UML)	23,773	55.51
	Deepak Kumar Shahi	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	17,252	40.28
	Others		1,805	4.21
Total			42,830	100.00

Valid votes			42,830	94.14
Invalid/blank votes			2,666	5.86
Total votes			45,496	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			70,190	64.82

Majority			6,521
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission^[9]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Amar Bahadur Thapa	CPN (UML)	15,670	37.61
	Ganesh Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress	11,894	28.55
	Tej Bahadur Chand	UCPN (Maoist)	7,045	16.91
	Bhakta Bahadur Shahi	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	2,033	4.88
	Nar Singh Malla	Independent	1,977	4.75
	Others		3,043	7.30
Total			41,662	100.00

Valid votes			41,662	94.30
Invalid/blank votes			2,518	5.70
Total votes			44,180	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			57,626	76.67

Majority			3,776
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission^[11]^[12]^[13]

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Dailekh 1
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Dailekh 1 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Dailekh 1(A) (red) and Dailekh 1(B) (blue) within Dailekh District
Province	Karnali Province
District	Dailekh District
Electorate	79,701
Current constituency
Created	1991
Number of members	3
Member of Parliament	Basana Thapa, Nepali Congress
Karnali MPA 1(A)	Purna Bahadur Khatri, Congress
Karnali MPA 1(B)	Krishna Kumar B.C., Congress

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ganesh Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress	16,280	34.30
	Amar Bahadur Thapa	CPN (UML)	14,151	29.81
	Karna Bahadur Basnet	CPN (Maoist)	12,536	26.41
	Narma Kumari Guru	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	1,667	3.51
	Others		2,829	5.96
Total			47,463	100.00

Valid votes			47,463	95.60
Invalid/blank votes			2,183	4.40
Total votes			49,646	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			82,163	60.42

Majority			2,129
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission^[14]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Nar Bahadur Hamal	CPN (UML)	17,047	40.47
	Ganesh Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress	15,765	37.42
	Bhakta Bahadur Shahi	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	5,091	12.09
	Ratna Bahadur Shrestha	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	1,217	2.89
	Tek Bahadur Thapa	Rastriya Janamukti Party	1,074	2.55
	Others		1,932	4.59
Total			42,126	100.00

Valid votes			42,126	98.58
Invalid/blank votes			607	1.42
Total votes			42,733	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			65,538	65.20

Majority			1,282
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission^[15]^[16]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ganesh Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress	10,695	32.30
	Rang Nath Joshi	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	8,508	25.69
	Dan Bahadur Shahi	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	6,960	21.02
	Rabindra Raj Sharma	CPN (UML)	4,530	13.68
	Others		2,421	7.31
Total			33,114	100.00

Majority			2,187
	Nepali Congress hold
Source: Election Commission^[15]^[17]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ganesh Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress	13,467	54.45
	Mani Ram Regmi	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	11,264	45.55
Total			24,731	100.00

Majority			2,203
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: ^[18]