Dang 1
Parliamentary constituency
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictDang District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyCPN (Unified Socialist)
Member of ParliamentMetmani Chaudhary

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

Incorporated areas

Dang 1 incorporates Gadhawa Rural Municipality, Rapti Rural Municipality, Rajpur Rual Municipality, Lamahi Municipality, and wards 1–3 and 5 of Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Dang 1(A)
  • Dang 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Hari Prasad Chaudhary Nepali Congress
1999 Khum Bahadur Khadka
2008 Indrajit Tharu CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Parbati D.C. Chaudhary Nepali Congress
2017 Metmani Chaudhary CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
August 2021 CPN (Unified Socialist)

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Metmani ChaudharyCPN (Unified Socialist)26,57636.07
Shanta ChaudharyCPN (UML)21,49329.17
Devraj PathakRastriya Swatantra Party13,79818.73
Surendra ChaudharyNagrik Unmukti Party8,01910.88
Lila BudhathokiRastriya Prajatantra Party1,4391.95
Ganga Chaudhary SatgauwaHamro Nepali Party1,0931.48
Others1,2691.72
Total73,687100.00
Majority5,083
CPN (Unified Socialist) hold
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Metmani Chaudhary 37,908
Nepali Congress Sushila Chaudhary 24,074
Rastriya Janamorcha Kapil Dev Khanal 3,784
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Rekha K.C. 2,012
Others 1,802
Invalid votes 4,004
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Parbati D.C. Chaudhary 8,719
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rewati Raman Sharma Ghimire 7,075
UCPN (Maoist) Narayani Sharma 5,608
Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Birendra Kumar Chaudhary 4,649
Independent Lila Ram Khanal 1,953
Rastriya Janamorcha Om Bahadur K.C. 1,008
Others 3,954
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Indrajit Tharu 18,093
Nepali Congress Khum Bahadur Khadka 10,175
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rewati Raman Sharma Ghimire 4,692
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Tilak Ram Basnet 2,809
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Yogendra Tharu Chaudhary 2,769
Others 2,721
Invalid votes 2,105
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Khum Bahadur Khadka 27,865
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Parshu Narayan Chaudhary 9,159
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Saraswati Gautam 5,021
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Khem Narayan Chaudhary 1,684
Rastriya Janamorcha Rashmi Raj Nepali 1,356
Others 587
Invalid votes 1,539
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Hari Prasad Chaudhary 12,333
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Parshu Narayan Chaudhary 11,024
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhagwati Chaudhary 7,044
Independent Rashmi Raj Nepali 1,605
Others 314
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Hari Prasad Chaudhary 16,435
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 12,535
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

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. 1 2 "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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