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Darchula 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Assembly segments Darchula 1(A) (red) and Darchula 1(B) (blue) within Darchula District
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictDarchula District
Electorate78,513
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepali Congress
MPDilendra Prasad Badu
Sudurpashchim
MPA
1(A)
Gelbu Singh Bohora (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA
1(B)
Man Bahadur Dhami (NCP)

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

Incorporated areas

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Darchula 1 incorporates the entirety of Darchula District.

Assembly segments

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It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

  • Darchula 1(A)
  • Darchula 1(B)

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1991 Dilendra Prasad Badu Nepali Congress
1994 Prem Singh Dhami CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Dilendra Prasad Badu Nepali Congress
2008 Laxman Dutta Joshi CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Ganesh Singh Thagunna CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Dilendra Prasad Badu Nepali Congress

Election results

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Election in the 2020s

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2022 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Dilendra Prasad BaduNepali Congress28,51551.17
Ganesh Singh ThagunnaCPN (UML)26,38147.34
Others8271.48
Total55,723100.00
Majority2,134
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

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Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ganesh Singh Thagunna 28,998
Nepali Congress Bikram Singh Dhami 22,233
Others 969
Invalid votes 2,347
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ganesh Singh Thagunna 20,470
Nepali Congress Dilendra Prasad Badu 19,236
UCPN (Maoist) Lalit Singh Thagunna 9,017
Others 2,239
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

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Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Laxman Dutta Joshi 25,404
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ganesh Singh Thagunna 12,813
Nepali Congress Dilendra Prasad Badu 12,599
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bhawan Singh Kunwar 2,001
Others 805
Invalid votes 2,329
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

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Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dilendra Prasad Badu 22,379
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bir Bahadur Thagunna 16,656
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Pratap Ram Lauhar 3,232
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Kirti Chand Thakur 2,920
Others 654
Invalid votes 528
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prem Singh Dhami 15,708
Nepali Congress Dilendra Prasad Badu 11,611
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Indra Bahadur Bam 5,747
Independent Akbar Bahadur Singh 2,308
Independent Kirti Chandra Thakur 2,179
Others 164
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][1]
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dilendra Prasad Badu 9,678
CPN (Democratic) 3,641
Result Congress gain
Source: [2]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b "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.
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