Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) 1 (constituency)

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

Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) 1
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Nawalpur 1 in Gandaki Province Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Nawalpur 1(A) and Nawalpur 1(B) within Nawalpur District Protected areas in green
Province	Gandaki Province
District	Parasi District
Electorate	113,947
Current constituency
Created	2017
MP	Shashanka Koirala (NC)
Gandaki MPA 1(A)	Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel (NC)
Gandaki MPA 1(B)	Roshan Bahadur Gahra Thapa (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) 1 incorporates Devchuli Municipality, Gaidakot Municipality, Bulingtar Rural Municipality and wards 1, 2 and 5–13 of Kawasoti Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

• Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) 1(A)
• Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	2022	Shashanka Koirala	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel Nepali Congress

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Roshan Bahadur Gahra Thapa CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Shashanka Koirala	Nepali Congress	27,067	32.78
	Krishna Prasad Paudel	CPN (UML)	25,047	30.34
	Rajan Gautam	Rastriya Swatantra Party	24,305	29.44
	Mohani Lal Bhusal	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3,469	4.20
	Others		2,679	3.24
Total			82,567	100.00
Majority			2,020
	Nepali Congress hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

1(A) Candidate Party Votes % Mahendra Dhoj G.C. Nepali Congress 15,137 38.17 Rabindra Adhikari CPN (UML) 13,987 35.27 Santosh Thapa Rastriya Prajatantra Party 6,140 15.48 Badri Kapri Hamro Nepali Party 2,427 6.12 Kumar Gurung Mongol National Organisation 929 2.34 Others 1,037 2.61 Total 39,657 100.00 Majority 1,150 Nepali Congress Source: [2]

1(B) Candidate Party Votes % Roshan Bahadur Gaha Thapa CPN (UML) 17,823 41.11 Lok Prasad Bhurtel CPN (Maoist Centre) 14,110 32.55 Ramnath Upreti Rastriya Prajatantra Party 7,671 17.69 Khanasaram Mahato Nagrik Unmukti Party 917 2.12 Chok Narayan Kafle Independent 819 1.89 Others 2,012 4.64 Total 43,352 100.00 Majority 3,713 CPN (UML) Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Shashanka Koirala	40,620
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Bhavisor Parajuli	36,596
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Hari Prasad Gautam	1,082
	Others		2,962
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel 17,683 CPN (Maoist Centre) Surya Prasad Neupane 17,311 Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) Santosh Thapa 1,044 Others 3,205 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Roshan Bahadur Garha Thapa 20,790 Nepali Congress Mahendra Dhoj G.C. 19,941 Others 1,388 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

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.

External links

• Constituency map of Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East)