Dang 1 (constituency)

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]

Dang 1
Parliamentary constituency
Dang 1 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Dang District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	CPN (Unified Socialist)
Member of Parliament	Metmani Chaudhary

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

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Indrajit Tharu CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Rewati Raman Sharma CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Metmani Chaudhary	CPN (Unified Socialist)	26,576	36.07
	Shanta Chaudhary	CPN (UML)	21,493	29.17
	Devraj Pathak	Rastriya Swatantra Party	13,798	18.73
	Surendra Chaudhary	Nagrik Unmukti Party	8,019	10.88
	Lila Budhathoki	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,439	1.95
	Ganga Chaudhary Satgauwa	Hamro Nepali Party	1,093	1.48
	Others		1,269	1.72
Total			73,687	100.00
Majority			5,083
	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

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Indrajit Tharu 17,285 Nepali Congress Pradeep Thapa 11,392 Rastriya Janamorcha Jagat Prasad Pokharel 4,958 CPN (Marxist-Leninist) Sabita G.C. Pandey 1,212 Others 970 Invalid votes 2,695 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rewati Raman Sharma 19,354 Nepali Congress Janaki Lal Basnet 12,753 Others 2,187 Invalid votes 1,801 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

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

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal