Parbat 1 (constituency)

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

Parbat 1
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Parbat 1in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Parbat 1(A) and Parbat 1(B) within Parbat District
Province	Gandaki Province
District	Parbat District
Electorate	107,300
Current constituency
Created	1991
MP	Padam Giri (NCP)
Gandaki MPA 1(A)	Netra Nath Adhikari (NCP)
Gandaki MPA 1(B)	Bikas Lamsal (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Parbat 1 incorporates the entirety of Parbat District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

• Parbat 1(A)
• Parbat 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Indu Sharma Paudel	Nepali Congress
	1999	Arjun Prasad Joshi
	2017	Padam Giri	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Netra Nath Adhikari CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Bikas Lamsal CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Padam Giri	CPN (UML)	29,872	46.88
	Arjun Prasad Joshi	Nepali Congress	27,609	43.33
	Jal Bahadur Purja Pun	Rastriya Swatantra Party	4,173	6.55
	Deepak Bahadur Malla	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,034	1.62
	Others		1,028	1.61
Total			63,716	100.00
Majority			2,263
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

1(A) Candidate Party Votes % Bhakta Bahadur Kunwar CPN (UML) 16,825 45.75 Sudip Kunwar CPN (Maoist Centre) 14,427 39.23 Prem Kumar Gurung Rastriya Prajatantra Party 2,761 7.51 Kamal Raj Paudel Nepali Congress (B.P.) 1,082 2.94 Others 1,681 4.57 Total 36,776 100.00 Majority 2,398 CPN (UML) Source: [2]

1(B) Candidate Party Votes % Mitralal Basyal CPN (UML) 14,132 51.39 Rishikesh Tiwari Nepali Congress 12,210 44.40 Others 1,159 4.21 Total 27,501 100.00 Majority 1,922 CPN (UML) Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Padam Giri	39,275
	Nepali Congress	Arjun Prasad Joshi	26,819
	Others		1,488
Invalid votes			2,281
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Netra Nath Adhikari 21,508 Nepali Congress Nawaraj Gurung 16,685 Others 534 Invalid votes 624 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bikas Lamsal 15,434 Nepali Congress Rajendra Prasad Tiwari 13,352 Others 798 Invalid votes 802 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Arjun Prasad Joshi	12,838
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ganesh Prasad Timilsina	11,123
	UCPN (Maoist)	Netra Nath Adhikari	6,993
	Others		2,076
Result		Congress hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Arjun Prasad Joshi	13,258
	CPN (Maoist)	Manrupa Sharma Subedi	12,082
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ganesh Sharma Paudel	11,253
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai	1,468
	Others		2,516
Invalid votes			1,298
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Arjun Prasad Joshi	18,683
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Juddha Bahadur Gurung	10,724
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Chhetra Bahadur Gurung	5,221
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Devendra Bikram Mahat	2,420
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ganesh Sharma Paudel	2,091
	Others		736
Invalid Votes			862
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Indu Sharma Paudel	13,621
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yam Bahadur Gurung	12,769
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Chhetra Bahadur Gurung	4,718
	Independent	Dambar Bahadur Malla	3,741
	Others		152
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai	14,196
	Nepali Congress		12,395
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

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. "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.

External links

• Constituency map of Parbat