Baitadi 1 (constituency)

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

Baitadi 1
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Baitadi 1 in Sudurpashchim Province
Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Baitadi 1(A) (red) and Baitadi 1(B) within Baitadi District
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictBaitadi District
Electorate132,319
Current constituency
Created1991
MPDamodar Bhandari (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(A)		Prem Bahadur Bhatta (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA 1(B)		Liladhar Bhatta (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Baitadi 1 incorporates the entirety of Baitadi District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

  • Baitadi 1(A)
  • Baitadi 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Krishna Kumar Joshi Nepali Congress
1994 Lokendra Bahadur Chand Rastriya Prajatantra Party
1997 by-elections Keshav Bahadur Chand Nepali Congress
1999 Narendra Bahadur Bam
2008 Narendra Bahadur Kunwar CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Damodar Bhandari CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Damodar Bhandari 39,524
Nepali Congress Nar Bahadur Chand 28,291
Others 1,277
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Damodar Bhandari 11,672
Nepali Congress Lok Raj Awasthi 10,680
UCPN (Maoist) Narendra Bahadur Kunwar 9,306
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Lokendra Bahadur Chand 4,975
Others 1,816
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Narendra Bahadur Kunwar 27,130
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Damodar Bhandari 9,059
Nepali Congress Narendra Bahadur Bam 5,130
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Ganesh Singh Bista 2,759
Others 1,027
Invalid votes 2,739
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Narendra Bahadur Bam 11,313
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prithvi Raj Awasthi 9,901
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Lokendra Bahadur Chand 7,517
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Rajendra Bahadur Saud 1,195
Others 1,110
Invalid votes 745
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[4][5]
1997 by-elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Keshav Bahadur Chand
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[6]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Lokendra Bahadur Chand 11,023
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prithvi Raj Awasthi 5,865
Nepali Congress Narendra Bahadur Bam 5,166
Independent Ganesh Bahadur Thapa 1,402
Nepali Congress (Bishweshwar) Keshav B. Chandra 1,272
Independent Tark Bahadur Shahi 242
Result RPP gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Krishna Kumar Joshi 11,128
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) 6,060
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

References
  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  3. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. rajpatra.dop.gov.np http://rajpatra.dop.gov.np/welcome/book/?ref=17874. Retrieved 2020-12-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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