Siraha 1 (constituency)

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

Siraha 1
Parliamentary constituency
Siraha 1 in Province No. 2
Province	Province No. 2
District	Siraha District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Pradeep Giri

Incorporated areas

Siraha 1 incorporates Bhagwanpur Rural Municipality, Sakhuwanankar Katti Rural Municipality, Lahan Municipality, wards 2–6 of Laxmipur Patari Rural Municipality and wards 1 and 2 4,5,6of Dhangadhimai Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment

• Siraha 1(A)
• Siraha 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Padma Narayan Chaudhary	Nepali Congress
	1999	Ram Chandra Yadav	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
	2008	Laxman Mahato	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal
	June 2009		Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
	2013	Padma Narayan Chaudhary	Nepali Congress
	2017	Pradeep Giri
	2022	Ram Shankar Yadav	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Lagan Lal Chaudhary CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Ashok Kumar Yadav CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) August 2021 CPN (Unified Socialist)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ram Shankar Yadav	CPN (UML)	29,462	44.57
	Padam Narayan Chaudhary	Nepali Congress	27,379	41.42
	Yugal Kishore Sah	Janamat Party	6,849	10.36
	Others		2,416	3.65
Total			66,106	100.00
Majority			2,083
	CPN (UML)
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Pradeep Giri	23,951
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ganga Prasad Yadav	21,371
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Raj Lal Yadav	13,351
	Others		1,472
Invalid votes			2,954
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lagan Lal Chaudhary 11,542 Nepali Congress Santosh Kumar Chaudhary 10,699 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Baidya Nath Prasad Shah 5,868 Others 727 Invalid votes 1,139 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ashok Kumar Yadav 11,110 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Raj Kumar Gupta 10,608 Nepali Congress Dev Nath Yadav 8,987 Others 959 Invalid votes 1,263 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Padma Narayan Chaudhary	12,183
	UCPN (Maoist)	Muni Sah Sudi	8,277
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rajendra Mahato	7,493
	Sadbhavana Party	Ram Narayan Mahato	1,743
	Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Subha Nanda Chaudhary	1,166
	Others		4,362
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Laxman Mahato	9,814
	Nepali Congress	Padma Narayan Chaudhary	9,403
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ganga Prasad Yadav	6,327
	CPN (Maoist)	Krishna Dev Singh Danuwar	3,437
	Sadbhavana Party	Raj Kumar Gupta	3,036
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Baidya Nath Prasad Shah	2,430
	Dalit Janajati Party	Birendra Mahara Chamar	1,824
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Ram Chandra Chaudhary	1,212
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Chandra Prasad Gupta	1,037
	Others		2,465
Invalid votes			3,550
Result		MJFN gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Chandra Yadav	14,810
	Nepali Congress	Padma Narayan Chaudhary	13,855
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Lagan Lal Chaudhary	9,428
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Ram Shankar Yadav	8,164
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Ran Lochan Mahato	2,160
	Others		662
Invalid Votes			697
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Padma Narayan Chaudhary	15,525
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rajendra Chaudhary	13,307
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ram Lochan Mahato	8,373
	Others		1,075
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Padma Narayan Chaudhary	11,824
	CPN (Democratic)	Chandra Shekhar Lal	11,320
Result		Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
3. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
4. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
5. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
6. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

• Constituency map of Siraha