Bajhang 1 is the parliamentary constituency of Bajhang District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
Incorporated areas Bajhang 1 incorporates the entirety of Bajhang District.
Assembly segments It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment
Bajhang 1(A) Bajhang 1(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly ElectionMemberParty1991Arjun Jang Bahadur SinghNepali Congress1994Bhanu Bhakta JoshiCPN (UML)1999Arjun Jang Bahadur SinghNepali Congress2008Bhanu Bhakta JoshiCPN (UML)2013Man Prasad Khatri2017Bhairab Bahadur SinghMay 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (UML)2022Bhanu Bhakta JoshiCPN (Unified Socialist)2026Ain Bahadur MaharCPN (UML)
Provincial Assembly
1(A) ElectionMemberParty2017Arjun Bahadur ThapaCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (UML)2022Prithvi Bahadur SinghNepali Congress2024 by-electionDaman Bahadur BhandariCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Devaki Malla (Thapa)CPN (Maoist Centre)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Maoist Centre)2022Bhim Bahadur Bhandari
Election results
Election in the 2020s
2026 general election
2024 by-election For Bajhang 1 (A) Total Voters: 61748; Votes Cast:30337; Valid Votes: 29705; Invalid Votes: 632
2022 general election
2022 provincial election
1(A)
1(B)
Election in the 2010s
2017 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bhairav Bahadur Singh34,602Nepali CongressPrithvi Bahadur Singh26,910Others1,820ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
1(A) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Arjun Bahadur Thapa17,868Nepali CongressChandra Devi Joshi13,197Others899Invalid votes1,181ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
1(B) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist Centre)Devaki Malla (Thapa)16,743Nepali CongressNaresh Bahadur Singh14,242Others851Invalid votes2,036ResultMaoist Centre gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Man Prasad Khatri11,530Nepali CongressArjun Jang Bahadur Singh10,708UCPN (Maoist)Dev Raj Regmi7,353Others1,930ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: NepalNews
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bhanu Bhakta Joshi13,955CPN (Maoist)Dev Raj Regmi12,148Nepali CongressArjun Jang Bahadur Singh10,092Others2,248Invalid votes1,124ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
Election in the 1990s
1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressArjun Jang Bahadur Singh14,209CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Arjun Bahadur Thapa13,827CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Keshav Raj Joshi1,988Rastriya Prajatantra PartyGagan Jang Bahadur Singh1,885Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)Kummendra Rokaya183Invalid votes601ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bhanu Bhakta Joshi12,603Nepali CongressArjun Jang Bahadur Singh6,640Rastriya Prajatantra PartyGagan Jang Bahadur Singh2,906IndependentSatya Ram Bhandari2,607IndependentPrem Bahadur Khati729ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressArjun Jang Bahadur Singh9,646CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)8,882ResultCongress gainSource:
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
References
External links
Constituency map of Bajhang