Tanahun 1 is one of two parliamentary constituencies of Tanahun District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
Incorporated areas Tanahun 1 incorporates Devghat Rural Municipality, Anbukhaireni Rural Municipality, Bandipur Rural Municipality, Bhanu Municipality and, wards 1–4 and 7–11 of Byas Municipality.
Assembly segments It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment
Tanahun 1(A) Tanahun 1(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly ElectionMemberParty1991Ram Chandra PaudelNepali Congress1994Govinda Raj Joshi2008Suresh Kumar Ale MagarCPN (Maoist)January 2009UCPN (Maoist)2013Shankar BhandariNepali Congress2017Krishna Kumar ShresthaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)August 2021CPN (Unified Socialist)2022Ram Chandra PaudelNepali Congress2023^Swarnim WagleRastriya Swatantra Party2026
^ by-election
Provincial Assembly
1(A) ElectionMemberParty2017Ram Bahadur GurungCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist Party2022Ashok Kumar ShresthaNepali Congress
1(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Hari Bahadur ChumanCPN (Maoist Centre)May 2018Nepal Communist Party2022CPN (Maoist Centre)Nov 2025Nepali Communist Party
Election results
Election in the 2020s 2026 general election
2023 by-election
2022 general election
2022 provincial election
1(A)
1(B)
Election in the 2010s
2017 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Krishna Kumar Shrestha34,492Nepali CongressRam Chandra Paudel27,690CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Man Bahadur Thapa1,231Others918Invalid votes3,472ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
1(A) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Bahadur Gurung18,265Nepali CongressGobinda Bhattarai16,878Others1,150Invalid votes1,207ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
1(B) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist Centre)Hari Bahadur Chuman15,360Nepali CongressRaghu Nath Paudel11,881Others1,783Invalid votes1,240ResultMaoist Centre gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressShankar Bhandari15,713CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Bahadur Gurung11,018UCPN (Maoist)Sita Pokharel6,480Others1,924ResultCongress gainSource: NepalNews
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Suresh Kumar Ale Magar17,744CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ek Bahadur Rana Magar10,566Nepali CongressGovinda Raj Joshi10,477Rastriya Prajatantra PartyAmar Singh Guru1,094Others2,635Invalid votes2,407ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission
Election in the 1990s
1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressGovinda Raj Joshi23,205CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ek Bahadur Rana Magar15,908Rastriya Janamukti PartyGanesh Bahadur Gurung1,891CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Babu Krishna Pandey1,436Others965Invalid Votes669ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressGovinda Raj Joshi19,086CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ek Bahadur Rana Magar11,322Rastriya Prajatantra PartyChhetra Pratap Adhikari6,147Others1,526ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission
1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressRam Chandra Paudel18,268Samyukta Jana Morcha NepalRam Nath Sharma "Aakhil"13,859ResultCongress gainSource:
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
References
External links
Constituency map of Tanahun