Ramechhap 1 (constituency)

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

Ramechhap 1
Parliamentary constituency
Ramechhap 1 in Bagmati Province
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Ramechhap District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Purna Bahadur Tamang

Incorporated areas

Ramechhap 1 incorporates the entirety of Ramechhap District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

• Ramechhap 1(A)
• Ramechhap 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Laxman Prasad Ghimire	Nepali Congress
	1994	Dev Shankar Paudel	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1999	Kamal Prasad Sunuwar
	2008	Tara Narayan Shrestha	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Ang Tawa Sherpa	Nepali Congress
	2017	Shyam Kumar Shrestha	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	2022	Purna Bahadur Tamang	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Shanti Prasad Paudel CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Kailash Prasad Dhungel CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Purna Bahadur Tamang	Nepali Congress	47,099	56.14
	Kailash Prasad Dhungel	CPN (UML)	30,730	36.63
	Lal Bahadur Ghising	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,484	1.77
	Samikshya Shrestha	Rastriya Swatantra Party	1,457	1.74
	Others		3,129	3.73
Total			83,899	100.00
Majority			16,369
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Shyam Kumar Shrestha	42,117
	Nepali Congress	Purna Bahadur Tamang	35,771
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Mohan Karki	3,285
	Others		1,957
Invalid votes			5,651
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Shanti Prasad Paudel 22,369 Nepali Congress Ratna Bahadur Karki 16,058 Others 1,663 Invalid votes 2,988 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kailash Prasad Dhungel 26,935 Nepali Congress Jit Bahadur Magar 14,729 Janasamajbadi Party Nepal Raju Yonjan 1,127 Others 919 Invalid votes 2,093 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ang Tawa Sherpa	13,615
	UCPN (Maoist)	Laxmi Devi Gurung	9,903
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kamal Prakash Sunuwar	9,022
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Gobinda Bahadur Khadka	2,516
	Others		1,483
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Tara Narayan Shrestha	19,910
	Nepali Congress	Ang Tawa Sherpa	10,245
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dev Shankar Paudel	7,404
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Dil Bahadur Tamang	1,101
	Others		1,810
Invalid Votes			2,320
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kamal Prasad Sunuwar	16,582
	Nepali Congress	Laxman Prasad Ghimire	15,278
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Bahadur Karki	4,881
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Babu Ram Paudel	2,620
	Others		450
Invalid Votes			1,562
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dev Shankar Paudel	10,968
	Nepali Congress	Laxman Prasad Ghimire	10,957
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ang Chhiring Lama	9,034
	Independent	Yuba Raj Bhattarai	1,973
	Others		1,274
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Laxman Prasad Ghimire	12,554
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Dev Shankar Paudel	10,086
Result		Congress gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal