Taplejung 1 (constituency)

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

Taplejung 1
Parliamentary constituency
Taplejung 1 in Province No. 1
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictTaplejung District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentYogesh Bhattarai
Member of the Provincial AssemblyTil Kumar Menyangbo Limbu, CPN (UML)
Member of the Provincial AssemblyKhagen Singh Hangam, (NC)

Incorporated areas

Taplejung 1 incorporates the entirety of Taplejung District.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Taplejung 1(A)
  • Taplejung 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Kul Prasad Upreti CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994 Mani Lama Nepali Congress
1999 Til Kumar Meyangbo Limbu CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008 Surya Man Gurung Nepali Congress
2013 Bhupendra Thebe CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2017 Yogesh Kumar Bhattarai
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Yogesh BhattaraiCPN (UML)21,94347.30
Khel Prasad BudhachhetriCPN (Maoist Centre)21,73546.85
Others2,7135.85
Total46,391100.00
Majority208
CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

2017 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Yogesh BhattaraiCPN (UML)29,47959.74
Keshav Prasad DahalNepali Congress16,88834.22
Bishnu Kumar LimbuSanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch1,5913.22
Others1,3872.81
Total49,345100.00
Valid votes49,34595.49
Invalid/blank votes2,3334.51
Total votes51,678100.00
Majority12,591
CPN (UML) hold
Source: [3]

2017 provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Bhupendra ThebeCPN (UML)7,43432.02
Lila Devi Bokhim LimbuNepali Congress7,29531.42
Sanchapal MadenUCPN (Maoist)6,27927.04
Amir MadenRastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal1,0044.32
Others1,2085.20
Total23,220100.00
Valid votes23,22096.38
Invalid/blank votes8733.62
Total votes24,093100.00
Registered voters/turnout32,95073.12
Majority139
CPN (UML) gain
Source: [4][5][6]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Surya Man Gurung 8,719
CPN (Maoist) Surendra Kumar Karki 8,407
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Til Kumar Manyangbe 7,960
Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Kritiman Maden 3,248
Others 561
Invalid votes 1,150
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[7]

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Til Kumar Meyangbo Limbu 13,636
Nepali Congress Surya Man Gurung 13,472
Rastriya Janamukti Party Padam Bahadur Yengden 1,786
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Kedar Nath Dahal 1,502
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Kul Prasad Uprety 1,289
Independent Ram Bahadur Thebe 427
Invalid Votes 606
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[8][9]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Mani Lama 10,742
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kaji Man Samsohang 9,822
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bijay Prakash Teve 4,877
Rastriya Janamukti Party Nar Bahdur Maden 2,405
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[8]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kul Prasad Upreti 12,703
Nepali Congress Mani Lama 8,757
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

References

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