Gulmi 1 (constituency)

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

Gulmi 1
Parliamentary constituency
Gulmi 1 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Gulmi District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Dr. Chandra Bhandari

Incorporated areas

Gulmi 1 incorporates Kaligandaki Rural Municipality, Satyawati Rural Municipality, Chandrakot Rural Municipality, Ruru Rural Municipality, Chatrakot Rural Municipality, Gulmidarbar Rural Municipality and wards 7–14 of Resunga Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Gulmi 1(A)
• Gulmi 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Jhak Bahadur Pun	Nepali Congress
	1994	Ram Nath Dhakal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Fatik Bahadur Thapa
	2008	Sudarshan Baral	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Krishna Bahadur Chhantyal Thapa	Nepali Congress
	2017	Pradeep Kumar Gyawali	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Chandra Kant Bhandari	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Sudarshan Baral CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Kamal Raj Shrestha CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chandra Kant Bhandari	Nepali Congress	33,744	49.14
	Pradeep Kumar Gyawali	CPN (UML)	32,152	46.83
	Damodar Bhandari	Rastriya Swatantra Party	1,882	2.74
	Others		886	1.29
Total			68,664	100.00
Majority			1,592
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Pradeep Kumar Gyawali	37,814
	Nepali Congress	Chandra Kant Bhandari	30,256
	Others		779
Invalid votes			1,717
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Sudarshan Baral 17,910 Nepali Congress Pritha Bahadur Faudar 13,299 Others 1,488 Invalid votes 761 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kamal Raj Shrestha 19,591 Nepali Congress Dhanendra Karki 16,373 Others 514 Invalid votes 662 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Bahadur Chhantyal Thapa	10,592
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Maina Kumari Bhandari	10,433
	UCPN (Maoist)	Sudarshan Baral	5,032
	Rastriya Janamorcha	Jaman Singh Singh Rana	1,051
	Others		711
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Sudarshan Baral	14,165
	Nepali Congress	Subarna Jwarchan	9,701
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Maina Kumari Bhandari	9,067
	Rastriya Janamorcha	Jaman Singh Rana	1,784
	Others		805
Invalid votes			1,637
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Fatik Bahadur Thapa	18,672
	Nepali Congress	Jhak Bahadur Pun	16,496
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rup Singh Thapa	1,039
	Others		1,372
Invalid votes			750
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Nath Dhakal	17,495
	Nepali Congress	Bhakta Bahadur Pun	14,573
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Nar Bahadur Budhathoki	1,446
	Others		720
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Jhak Bahadur Pun	16,767
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		14,153
Result		Congress gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal