title: Kailali 1 (constituency)
text: # Kailali 1 (constituency)
  
  Kailali 1 is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Kailali District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Kailali 1 incorporates Joshipur Rural Municipality, Tikapur Municipality, wards 6 and 8 of Bhajani Municipality and wards 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of Janaki Rural Municipality.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Kailali 1(A)
  * Kailali 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament, Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Ganga Bahadur Kunwar | Nepali Congress |
  | 1994 | Himanchal Raj Bhattarai | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1999 | Sushila Swar | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Rupa Chaudhary | CPN (Maoist) |
  | January 2009 | Rupa Chaudhary | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | 2013 | Janak Raj Chaudhary | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) |
  | April 2017 | Janak Raj Chaudhary | Nepal Loktantrik Forum |
  | 2017 | Resham Lal Chaudhary | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal |
  | April 2020 | Resham Lal Chaudhary | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
  | August 2021 | Resham Lal Chaudhary | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal |
  | 2022 | Ranjeeta Shrestha | Nagrik Unmukti Party |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ranjeeta Shrestha | Nagrik Unmukti Party | 30,404 | 49.94 |
  | | Ram Janam Chaudhary | Nepali Congress | 18,081 | 29.70 |
  | | Tapendra Bahadur Rawal | CPN (UML) | 5,910 | 9.71 |
  | | Lokendra Kunwar | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 3,648 | 5.99 |
  | | Tanka Prasda Jaishi | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 1,869 | 3.07 |
  | | Others | | 966 | 1.59 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 60,878 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,323 | |
  | | Nagrik Unmukti Party gain | Nagrik Unmukti Party gain | Nagrik Unmukti Party gain | Nagrik Unmukti Party gain |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Resham Lal Chaudhary | 34,341 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Madan Kumari Shah | 13,406 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ishwari Neupane | 11,203 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,741 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,648 |
  | Result | Result | RJPN gain | RJPN gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Janak Raj Chaudhary | 11,294 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Rana Bahadur Rawal | 9,140 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Prem Bahadur Saud | 6,977 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Ful Ram Dagaura Tharu | 4,650 |
  | | Sadbhavana Party | Resham Lal Chaudhary | 2,638 |
  | | Others | Others | 3,357 |
  | Result | Result | MJFN (D) gain | MJFN (D) gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Rupa Chaudhary | 21,780 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Fakeer Singh Kadayat | 8,515 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Madan Kumar Shah | 6,404 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Jagat Bahadur Bogati | 1,893 |
  | | Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch | Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary | 1,615 |
  | | Independent | Resham Lal Chaudhary | 1,083 |
  | | Others | Others | 3,309 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,971 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Sushila Swar | 15,700 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Himanchal Raj Bhattarai | 9,124 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Nain Bahadur Swar | 7,880 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Nawal Singh Rawal | 7,762 |
  | | Independent | Balaram Singh Rathore | 1,167 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,968 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 3,004 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Himanchal Raj Bhattarai | 8,493 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Keshar Singh Khadayat | 7,441 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Nain Bahadur Swar | 6,700 |
  | | Independent | Kaiya Chaudhary | 5,660 |
  | | Others | Others | 383 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ganga Bahadur Kunwar | 20,955 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Thapa) | | 7,430 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  