title: Bajura 1 (constituency)
text: # Bajura 1 (constituency)
  
  Bajura 1 is the parliamentary constituency of Bajura District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Bajura 1 incorporates the entirety of Bajura District.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Bajura 1(A)
  * Bajura 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Dev Raj Joshi | Nepali Congress |
  | 1994 | Hikmat Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | March 1998 | Hikmat Bahadur Shahi | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1999 | Janak Raj Giri | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Dev Raj Joshi | Nepali Congress |
  | 2013 | Karna Bahadur Thapa | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2017 | Lal Bahadur Thapa | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | May 2018 | Lal Bahadur Thapa | Nepal Communist Party |
  | March 2021 | Lal Bahadur Thapa | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2022 | Badri Prasad Pandey | Nepali Congress |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Badri Prasad Pandey | Nepali Congress | 31,786 | 54.31 |
  | | Karna Bahadur Thapa | CPN (UML) | 26,349 | 45.02 |
  | | Others | | 394 | 0.67 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 58,529 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,437 | |
  | | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Lal Bahadur Thapa | 28,065 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Kavi Raj Pandit | 23,181 |
  | | Naya Shakti Party, Nepal | Dilip Kumar Shahi | 465 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Karna Bahadur Thapa | 22,458 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Man Bahadur Rawal | 18,125 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Sahadev Bojati | 5,613 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,395 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Dev Raj Joshi | 19,271 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Karna Bahadur Thapa | 18,469 |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Min Bahadur Bista | 13,155 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Jang Kumar Giri | 1,386 |
  | | Others | | 2,248 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,489 |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Janak Raj Giri | 23,129 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Karna Bahadur Thapa | 11,063 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Hikmat Bahadur Shahi | 9,110 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,366 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,100 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Hikmat Bahadur Shahi | 21,013 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Dev Raj Joshi | 19,503 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Bijaya Bahadur Shah | 1,211 |
  | | Others | Others | 675 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Dev Raj Joshi | 17,066 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | | 12,483 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  