Bardiya 1 one of two parliamentary constituencies of Bardiya District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.

Incorporated areas

Bardiya 1 incorporates Bansgadhi Municipality, Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality, Gulariya Municipality and wards 4–11of Barbardiya Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Bardiya 1(A)
  • Bardiya 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1991Bam Dev GautamCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
March 1998CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999Kashi PaudelNepali Congress
2008Sarala RegmiCPN (Maoist)
January 2009UCPN (Maoist)
2013Bam Dev GautamCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2014 by-electionShyam Prasad Dhakal
2017Sanjay Kumar GautamNepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1(A) Election Member Party 2017 Kabi Ram Tharu CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party1(B) Election Member Party 2017 Tilak Ram Sharma CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
2017Kabi Ram TharuCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
ElectionMemberParty
2017Tilak Ram SharmaCPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Sanjay Kumar GautamNepali Congress30,61131.24
Laxman Raj GyawaliCPN (UML)26,15526.69
Thakur Singh TharuNagrik Unmukti Party23,99324.49
Prabesh BhusalRastriya Swatantra Party11,00411.23
Sohrab PathanJanamat Party2,3552.40
Surya Bahadur SinghRastriya Prajatantra Party2,2662.31
Resham Bahadur KhatriPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal1,0001.02
Others5970.61
Total97,981100.00
Majority4,456
Nepali Congress hold
Source:

Elections in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressSanjay Kumar Gautam44,829
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bam Dev Gautam44,076
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Nar Bahadur Bohora2,372
Others2,228
Invalid votes5,948
ResultCongress gain
Source:

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

PartyCandidateVotes
1(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Kabi Ram Tharu 23,560 Nepali Congress Sode Bista 21,193 CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Ramesh Kumar Sharma 1,130 Others 1,455 Invalid votes 2,039 Result CPN (UML) gain Source:1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Tilak Ram Sharma 23,392 Nepali Congress Mangal Prasad Tharu 20,841 Rastriya Prajatantra Party Mangare Godiya 1,306 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Krishna Prasad Ahir 1,094 Others 647 Invalid votes 2,664 Result Maoist Centre gain Source:
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Kabi Ram Tharu23,560
Nepali CongressSode Bista21,193
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Ramesh Kumar Sharma1,130
Others1,455
Invalid votes2,039
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source:
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist Centre)Tilak Ram Sharma23,392
Nepali CongressMangal Prasad Tharu20,841
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyMangare Godiya1,306
Federal Socialist Forum, NepalKrishna Prasad Ahir1,094
Others647
Invalid votes2,664
ResultMaoist Centre gain
Source:

2014 by-elections

CandidatePartyVotes%
Shyam Prasad DhakalCPN (UML)16,69640.02
Sode BistaNepali Congress11,35527.22
Bhuwan Kumar TharuUCPN (Maoist)11,03126.44
Govinda Prasad TharuMJFN (D)1,5963.83
Bhim Bahadur ChandCPN (Marxist–Leninist)1,0412.50
Total41,719100.00
Valid votes41,719100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes41,719100.00
Registered voters/turnout58,44371.38
Majority5,341
CPN (UML) hold
Source:

2013 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bam Dev Gautam18,347
UCPN (Maoist)Bhuwan Kumar Tharu11,628
Nepali CongressBhuwaneshwar Chaudhary8,598
Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)Thakur Singh Tharu1,174
Others3,595
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist)Sarala Regmi17,955
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bam Dev Gautam13,773
Nepali CongressMalati Sodari6,831
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyGovinda Prasad Tharu2,324
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Nar Bahadur Bohora1,815
Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, NepalThakur Singh Tharu1,340
Others1,154
Invalid votes1,163
ResultMaoist gain
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressKashi Paudel17,219
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Bam Dev Gautam13,247
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Gobinda Prasad Koirala10,885
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)Gaurav Chand1,646
Others2,774
Invalid votes1,490
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission

1994 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bam Dev Gautam16,933
Nepali CongressPhul Ram Tharu10,949
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyThakur Singh Tharu5,757
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

1991 legislative elections

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bam Dev Gautam16,486
Nepali Congress11,712
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source:

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