Rautahat 1 (constituency)

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

Rautahat 1
Parliamentary constituency
Rautahat 1 in Province No. 2
Province	Province No. 2
District	Rautahat District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Member of Parliament	Madhav Kumar Nepal

Incorporated areas

Rautahat 1 incorporates Rajdevi Municipality, Gaur Municipality, Madhav Narayan Municipality, Yamunamai Rural Municipality, Durga Bhagwati Rural Municipality, ward 1 of Garuda Municipality and wards 6–8 of Gadhimai Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment

• Rautahat 1(A)
• Rautahat 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Braj Kishor Singh	Nepali Congress
	1999	Madhav Kumar Nepal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Baban Singh	Independent
	2013	Madhav Kumar Nepal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Anil Kumar Jha	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
	April 2020		People's Socialist Party, Nepal
	August 2021		Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
	2022	Madhav Kumar Nepal	CPN (Unified Socialist)

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Babulal Sah Kanu Rastriya Janata Party Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal August 2021 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Yogendra Ray Yadav Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal May 2019 Samajbadi Party, Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Madhav Kumar Nepal	CPN (Unified Socialist)	33,522	52.37
	Ajay Kumar Gupta	CPN (UML)	26,922	42.06
	Rajendra Prasad Sah	Janamat Party	1,411	2.20
	Others		2,154	3.37
Total			64,009	100.00
Majority			6,600
	CPN (Unified Socialist) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Anil Kumar Jha	21,472
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Yadav	15,874
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Satya Narayan Bhagat	12,331
	Independent	Baban Singh	1,669
	Others		1,520
Invalid votes			3,585
Result		RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Babu Lal Sah Kanu 10,524 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhikhari Prasad Yadav 7,210 Nepali Congress Nagendra Sah 7,150 Others 899 Invalid votes 1,480 Result RJPN gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Yogendra Ray Yadav 8,957 Nepali Congress Rajesh Kumar Chaudhary 8,679 CPN (Maoist Centre) Upendra Prasad Sah 7,393 Others 2,406 Invalid votes 1,321 Result FSFN gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Madhav Kumar Nepal	8,361
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Ajay Kumar Gupta	8,023
	Sanghiya Sadbhavana Party	Anil Kumar Jha	4,234
	UCPN (Maoist)	Raj Kishor Prasad Yadav	3,642
	Sadbhavana Party	Yogendra Raya Yadav	1,658
	Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Baban Singh	1,481
	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	Babu Lal Prasad Sah Kanu	1,470
	Nepali Congress	Sant Lal Sah Teli	1,302
	Others		3,822
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Baban Singh	9,201
	Sadbhavana Party	Ajay Gupta Baniya	6,588
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal	Amar Prasad Yadav	6,434
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rebanta Jha	4,529
	CPN (Maoist)	Indal Raya Yadav	4,490
	Nepali Congress	Braj Kishor Singh	4,424
	Others		3,364
Invalid votes			2,910
Result		Independent gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Madhav Kumar Nepal	22,868
	Nepali Congress	Braj Kishor Singh	10,757
	Independent	Parmananda Sah Teli	3,157
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bishwanath Prasad Agrawal	3,058
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Chandrika Prasad Singh	3,030
	Others		1,443
Invalid Votes			1,306
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Braj Kishor Singh	14,637
	Independent	Bishwanath Prasad Agrawal	13,633
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Gunjeshwari Prasad Singh	6,698
	CPN (United)	Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar	5,940
	Others		1,626
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Braj Kishor Singh	12,569
	CPN (Democratic)	Khajanchi Shah	8,349
Result		Congress 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 Rautahat