Manang 1 (constituency)

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

Manang 1
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Manang 1 in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Manang 1(A) and Manang 1(B) within Manang District
Province	Gandaki Province
District	Manang District
Electorate	5,881
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
MP	Tek Bahadur Gurung
Gandaki MPA 1(A)	Chinta Bahadur Ghale (NC)
Gandaki MPA 1(B)	Rajiv Gurung (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Manang 1 incorporates the entirety of Manang District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

• Manang 1(A)
• Manang 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Palten Gurung	Nepali Congress
	1994		Independent
	1999		Nepali Congress
	2008	Dev Prasad Gurung	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Tek Bahadur Gurung	Nepali Congress
	2017	Polden Chopang Gurung	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Tek Bahadur Gurung	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Chinta Bahadur Ghale Nepali Congress 2022 Munindra Jung Gurung

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Rajiv Gurung Independent

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Tek Bahadur Gurung	Nepali Congress	2,575	53.35
	Polden Chopang Gurung	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	2,247	46.55
	Mukhya Gurung	Rastriya Swatantra Party	5	0.10	New
Total			4,827	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout			6,779	–
Majority			328	3.4
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[2]

2022 provincial elections

1(A) Candidate Party Votes % +/– Munindra Jung Gurung Nepali Congress 1,255 56.97 Rajan Bahadur Gurung CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 925 41.99 Miphel Dhindu Lama Rastriya Prajatantra Party 23 1.04 New Total 2,203 100.00 – Majority 330 7.49 Nepali Congress hold Source: Election Commission[3]

1(B) Candidate Party Votes % Rajiv Gurung Independent 0 – Total Independent hold Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Polden Tsopang Gurung	2,300
	Nepali Congress	Tek Bahadur Gurung	2,021
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Chinta Bahadur Ghale 998 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dorje Damdul Gurung 896 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes Independent Rajiv Gurung 1,410 Nepali Congress Karma Gurung 1,020 Result Independent gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Tek Bahadur Gurung	1,527
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Triple P Gurung	1,192
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Bhujung Gurung	563
	UCPN (Maoist)	Kapil Lama	261
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Tshiring Lopsang Gurung	80
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[5]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Dev Prasad Gurung	1,652
	Nepali Congress	Palten Gurung	1,209
	Others		47
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[6]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Palten Gurung	Unopposed
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[7][8]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Palten Gurung	2,315
	Nepali Congress	Komal Ghale	721
Result		Independent gain
Source: Election Commission[7]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Palten Gurung	3,060
	Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal	Dilli Jang Gurung	621
Result		Congress gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal