Salyan 1 (constituency)

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

Salyan 1
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Salyan 1 in Karnali Province
Assembly segments Salyan 1(A) (red) and Salyan 1(B) (blue) within Salyan District, Nepal
ProvinceKarnali Province
DistrictSalyan District
Electorate134,213
Current constituency
Created1991
Number of members3
Member of
Parliament		Prakash Jwala,
Unified Socialist
Karnali
MPA 1(A)		Bhim Prakash Sharma,
Maoist Centre
Karnali
MPA 1(B)		Suresh Adhikari,
Congress

Incorporated areas

Salyan 1 incorporates the entirety of Salyan District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Karnali Provincial Assembly segment

  • Salyan 1(A)
  • Salyan 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
1991 Rajendra Bahadur Shah Nepali Congress
1999 Prakash Jwala CPN (UML)
2008 Tek Bahadur Basnet CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
May 2016 CPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Maoist Centre)
2022 Prakash Jwala CPN (Unified Socialist)

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2022 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Prakash JwalaCPN (Unified Socialist)35,70746.78
Rajendra Bahadur ShahIndependent19,79225.93
Rajendra Bir RayaCPN (UML)13,03917.08
Pawan Raj DevkotaRastriya Swatantra Party3,6954.84
Netralal ShresthaRastriya Prajatantra Party2,2933.00
Bhim Bahadur OliCPN (Marxist–Leninist)1,5972.09
Others2050.27
Total76,328100.00
Majority15,915
CPN (Unified Socialist) gain
Source: Election Commission[2]

2022 provincial election

2017 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Tek Bahadur BasnetCPN (Maoist Centre)32,28151.55
Rajendra Bahadur ShahNepali Congress23,28937.19
Umakant SharmaIndependent2,9214.66
Bam Bahadur GiriCPN (Marxist–Leninist)2,2923.66
Others1,8382.94
Total62,621100.00
Valid votes62,62191.31
Invalid/blank votes5,9568.69
Total votes68,577100.00
Registered voters/turnout134,21351.10
Majority8,992
CPN (Maoist Centre) hold
Source: Election Commission[3]

2017 provincial election

2013 Constituent Assembly election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Tek Bahadur BasnetUCPN (Maoist)15,08937.03
Gulab Jang ShahCPN (UML)11,85229.09
Dhruba Raj PuriNepali Congress11,44828.09
Bhim Bahadur WaliCPN (Marxist–Leninist)1,0562.59
Others1,3033.20
Total40,748100.00
Valid votes40,74896.45
Invalid/blank votes1,4993.55
Total votes42,247100.00
Registered voters/turnout51,34982.27
Majority3,237
UCPN (Maoist) hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6][7]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Tek Bahadur BasnetCPN (Maoist)27,42155.25
Prakash JwalaCPN (UML)9,48719.12
Dhruba Raj PuriNepali Congress7,87815.87
Yagyashwari ShahRastriya Prajatantra Party2,9085.86
Others1,9353.90
Total49,629100.00
Valid votes49,62996.76
Invalid/blank votes1,6613.24
Total votes51,290100.00
Registered voters/turnout78,10765.67
Majority17,934
CPN (Maoist) gain
Source: Election Commission[8]

1999 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Prakash JwalaCPN (UML)8,20837.37
Rajendra Bahadur ShahNepali Congress7,08932.27
Gulab Jang ShahCPN (Marxist–Leninist)4,66621.24
Others2,0029.11
Total21,965100.00
Valid votes21,96596.92
Invalid/blank votes6993.08
Total votes22,664100.00
Registered voters/turnout57,31439.54
Majority1,119
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[9][10]

1994 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Rajendra Bahadur ShahNepali Congress11,71440.67
Prakash BohoraCPN (UML)7,93027.53
Bharat PuriIndependent6,91924.02
Keshar Singh GhartiRastriya Prajatantra Party2,2437.79
Total28,806100.00
Majority3,784
Nepali Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[9][11]

1991 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Rajendra Bahadur ShahNepali Congress17,09773.09
-CPN (UML)6,29526.91
Total23,392100.00
Majority10,802
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [12]

See also

References
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  2. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
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  4. "प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन, २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" [Report of the 2017 Provincial Assembly member election] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali).
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  7. "निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या" [Electorate by constituency] (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal (in Nepali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  8. "Constituent Assembly Election 2064 List of Winning Candidates". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  9. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates (Comparative)". Election Commission of Nepal. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  10. "Election Results' 99". Nepal Research. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  11. "Auswertung der Wahlergebnisse vom 15. November 1994" [Evaluation of the results of the 15 November 1994 election] (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  12. "Election 1991 Constituency Results" (PDF). Nepal Research (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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