Rolpa 1 (constituency)

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

Rolpa 1
Parliamentary constituency
Rolpa 1 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Rolpa District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Barsaman Pun

Incorporated areas

Rolpa 1 incorporates the entirety of Rolpa District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Rolpa 1(A)
• Rolpa 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Barman Budha	Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal
	1994	Bala Ram Gharti Magar	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	1999	Lekh Nath Acharya	Nepali Congress
	2008	Jayapuri Gharti	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Krishna Bahadur Mahara
	May 2016		CPN (Maoist Centre)
	2017	Barsaman Pun
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Maoist Centre)

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Kul Prasad K.C. CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Dipendra Kumar Pun Magar CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Barsaman Pun	CPN (Maoist Centre)	41,714	67.60
	Purna Budha Magar	CPN (UML)	16,485	26.71
	Lila Rawal	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,556	4.14
	Others		955	1.55
Total			61,710	100.00
Majority			25,229
	CPN (Maoist Centre) hold
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Barsaman Pun	42,084
	Nepali Congress	Amar Singh Pun	20,337
	Unified Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist)	Ram Bahadur Wali Chhettri	1,191
	Others		1,684
Invalid votes			5,373
Result		Maoist Centre hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Kul Prasad K.C. 18,512 Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Mahara 10,401 Others 2,135 Invalid votes 2,888 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Dipendra Kumar Pun Magar 24,490 Nepali Congress Khagendra Prakash Hamal 9,939 Others 908 Invalid votes 1,892 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	UCPN (Maoist)	Krishna Bahadur Mahara	11,407
	Nepali Congress	Lekh Nath Acharya	8,409
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bala Ram Gharti Magar	3,150
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Hit Bahadur Roka Magar	1,478
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Keshav Raj Khadka	1,244
	Others		1,087
Result		Maoist hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Jayapuri Gharti	26,505
	Nepali Congress	Madhav Prasad Acharya	4,946
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ammar Bahadur Thapa	2,506
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Prithvi Prasad Roka	2,170
	Others		2,314
	Invalid votes		1,916
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Lekh Nath Acharya	6,695
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bhup Narayan Gharti Magar	5,225
	Independent	Reg Bahadur Subedi	2,369
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Purna Bahadur Oli	1,797
	Others		1,249
Invalid votes			922
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Bala Ram Gharti Magar	9,523
	Nepali Congress	Amrit Bahadur Gharti	8,328
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Tika Ram Khadka	1,739
	Independent	Raj Kumar Kakshapati
Result		RPP gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal	Barman Budha	9,656
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa)		7,771
Result		SMJN gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal