Jhapa 1 (constituency)
Jhapa 1 (Nepali: झापा १) is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Jhapa District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]
| Jhapa 1 | |
|---|---|
 Jhapa 1 in Koshi Province | |
| Province | Koshi Province |
| District | Jhapa District |
| Current | |
| Created | 1991 |
| Party | Nepali Congress |
| Member of Parliament | Bishwa Prakash Sharma |
| Koshi Province MPA 1(A) | Gopal Tamang (NC) |
| Koshi Province MPA 1(B) | Sabina Bajagain (RPP) |
Incorporated areas
Jhapa 1 incorporates Mechinagar Municipality, ward 9 and 10 of Bhadrapur Municipality and wards 4–7 of Buddhashanti Rural Municipality.
Assembly segments
It encompasses the following Koshi Provincial Assembly segment
- Jhapa 1(A)
- Jhapa 1(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Provincial Assembly
1(A)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Shri Prasad Mainali | 22,972 | |
| Nepali Congress | Keshav Raj Pandey | 17,240 | |
| Mongol National Organisation | Bhaskar Rai | 1,153 | |
| Others | 2,475 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,509 | ||
| Result | CPN (UML) gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
| width="50%" align="left" valign="top" |
1(B)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Gopal Chandra Budhathoki | 17,839 | |
| Nepali Congress | Ashok Kumar Pokharel | 9,978 | |
| Others | 1,791 | ||
| Invalid votes | 933 | ||
| Result | CPN (UML) gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
|}
Election results
Election in the 2020s
2022 general election
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishwa Prakash Sharma | Nepali Congress | 39,624 | 51.41 | |
| Agni Prasad Kharel | CPN (UML) | 25,349 | 32.89 | |
| Omnath Bhandari | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 8,564 | 11.11 | |
| Santosh Tamang | Mongol National Organisation | 1,577 | 2.05 | |
| Others | 1,957 | 2.54 | ||
| Total | 77,071 | 100.00 | ||
| Majority | 14,275 | |||
| Nepali Congress gain | ||||
| Source: [2] | ||||
2022 provincial election
Election in the 2010s2017 legislative elections
2017 Koshi Provincial Assembly election
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||