title: Dang 1 (constituency)
text: # Dang 1 (constituency)
  
  Dang 1 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Dang District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Dang 1 incorporates Gadhawa Rural Municipality, Rapti Rural Municipality, Rajpur Rual Municipality, Lamahi Municipality, and wards 1–3 and 5 of Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Dang 1(A)
  * Dang 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Hari Prasad Chaudhary | Nepali Congress |
  | 1999 | Khum Bahadur Khadka | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Indrajit Tharu | CPN (Maoist) |
  | January 2009 | Indrajit Tharu | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | 2013 | Parbati D.C. Chaudhary | Nepali Congress |
  | 2017 | Metmani Chaudhary | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | May 2018 | Metmani Chaudhary | Nepal Communist Party |
  | March 2021 | Metmani Chaudhary | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | August 2021 | Metmani Chaudhary | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Metmani Chaudhary | CPN (Unified Socialist) | 26,576 | 36.07 |
  | | Shanta Chaudhary | CPN (UML) | 21,493 | 29.17 |
  | | Devraj Pathak | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 13,798 | 18.73 |
  | | Surendra Chaudhary | Nagrik Unmukti Party | 8,019 | 10.88 |
  | | Lila Budhathoki | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1,439 | 1.95 |
  | | Ganga Chaudhary Satgauwa | Hamro Nepali Party | 1,093 | 1.48 |
  | | Others | | 1,269 | 1.72 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 73,687 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,083 | |
  | | CPN (Unified Socialist) hold | CPN (Unified Socialist) hold | CPN (Unified Socialist) hold | CPN (Unified Socialist) hold |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Metmani Chaudhary | 37,908 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Sushila Chaudhary | 24,074 |
  | | Rastriya Janamorcha | Kapil Dev Khanal | 3,784 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Rekha K.C. | 2,012 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,802 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,004 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Parbati D.C. Chaudhary | 8,719 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rewati Raman Sharma Ghimire | 7,075 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Narayani Sharma | 5,608 |
  | | Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Birendra Kumar Chaudhary | 4,649 |
  | | Independent | Lila Ram Khanal | 1,953 |
  | | Rastriya Janamorcha | Om Bahadur K.C. | 1,008 |
  | | Others | Others | 3,954 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Indrajit Tharu | 18,093 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Khum Bahadur Khadka | 10,175 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rewati Raman Sharma Ghimire | 4,692 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Tilak Ram Basnet | 2,809 |
  | | Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch | Yogendra Tharu Chaudhary | 2,769 |
  | | Others | | 2,721 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,105 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Khum Bahadur Khadka | 27,865 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Parshu Narayan Chaudhary | 9,159 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Saraswati Gautam | 5,021 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Khem Narayan Chaudhary | 1,684 |
  | | Rastriya Janamorcha | Rashmi Raj Nepali | 1,356 |
  | | Others | Others | 587 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,539 |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Hari Prasad Chaudhary | 12,333 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Parshu Narayan Chaudhary | 11,024 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bhagwati Chaudhary | 7,044 |
  | | Independent | Rashmi Raj Nepali | 1,605 |
  | | Others | Others | 314 |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Hari Prasad Chaudhary | 16,435 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | | 12,535 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  