Bara 1 (constituency)

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

Bara 1
Parliamentary constituency
Bara 1 in Province No. 2
Province	Province No. 2
District	Bara District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Seats	3
Party	CPN UML
Member of Parliament	Achyuta Mainali
Madhesh Province MP 1ख	Saroj Yadav
Madhesh Province MP 1क	Triloki Prasad

Incorporated areas

Bara 1 incorporates Simraungadh Municipality, Adarshkotwal Rural Municipality, Baragadhi Rural Municipality, Nijgadh Municipality and wards 1–7 and 9–11 of Kolhabi Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment

• Bara 1(A)
• Bara 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Mukunda Neupane	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Uma Kanta Chaudhary	Nepali Congress
	2008	Saroj Kumar Yadav	Sadhbhavana Party
	2011		Sanghiya Sadbhavana Party
	2013	Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav	Nepali Congress
	2017	Uma Kanta Chaudhary
	2022	Achyut Prasad Mainali	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Triloki Prasad CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Saroj Kumar Yadav Rastriya Janata Party Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Achyut Prasad Mainali	CPN (UML)	39,195	50.23
	Umakant Chaudhary	Nepali Congress	30,056	38.52
	Ganesh Dhimal	Rastriya Swatantra Party	3,319	4.25
	Bhakta Bahadur Darlami	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,792	2.30
	Anil Kumar Gupta	Independent	1,133	1.45
	Manoj Kumar Yadav	Janamat Party	1,063	1.36
	Others		1,471	1.89
Total			78,029	100.00
Majority			9,139
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Uma Kanta Chaudhary	24,450
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Achyut Prasad Mainali	22,030
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Ram Kishore Prasad Yadav	20,144
	Others		598
Invalid votes			3,004
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Triloki Prasad 18,445 Nepali Congress Pema Siddhi Lama 16,484 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Suresh Baitha 2,478 Others 675 Invalid votes 1,188 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Saroj Kumar Yadav 14,269 Nepali Congress Bhagwat Prasad Sah 8,126 Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Mohammad Islam Ansari 5,435 Others 1,507 Invalid votes 1,559 Result RJPN gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav	8,337
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum (Republican)	Ram Kishore Prasad Yadav	6,978
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Jitendra Singh	4,763
	Sadhbhavana Party	Saroj Kumar Yadav	3,777
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Ram Babu Prasad Yadav	3,336
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Batahu Raya Yadav	3,252
	UCPN (Maoist)	Jwala Kumari Sah	3,002
	Federal Socialist Party, Nepal	Manjarul Hal Ansari	1,818
	Others		3,698
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Sadhbhavana Party	Saroj Kumar Yadav	8,182
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Ram Babu Prasad Yadav	7,878
	CPN (Maoist)	Shambhu Mahato Dhanuk	7,513
	Nepali Congress	Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav	6,651
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Chhadhu Prasad Yadav	5,682
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Jitendra Singh	2,410
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Makbul Maya Ansari	1,209
	Nepal Sadhbhavana Party (Anandidevi)	Lalan Prasad	1,131
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Raj Narayan Prasad Sah	1,026
	Others		2,754
Invalid votes			2,815
Result		Sadhbhavana gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Uma Kanta Chaudhary	23,601
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mukunda Neupane	20,646
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Parmananda Prasad Yadav	4,890
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Chabi Lal Uprety	2,363
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Raj Narayan Sah Teli	2,136
	Others		553
Invalid Votes			1,340
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mukunda Neupane	17,953
	Nepali Congress	Shobhakar Parajuli	15,552
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Parmanand Prasad Yadav	5,546
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Nurual Hoda Ansari	4,954
	Others		2,394
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Mukunda Neupane	16,990
	Nepali Congress	Janardan Phujadar	14,747
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal