title: Saptari 1 (constituency)
text: # Saptari 1 (constituency)
  
  Saptari 1 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Saptari District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Saptari 1 incorporates Saptakoshi Rural Municipality, Agnisair Krishna Savaran Rural Municipality, Tirhut Rural Municipality, Kanchanrup Municipality and Hanumannagar Kanalini Municipality.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Saptari 1(A)
  * Saptari 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Hira Lal Chaudhary | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1994 | Jay Prakash Anand | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Hem Raj Tated | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal |
  | June 2009 | Hem Raj Tated | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) |
  | 2013 | Manpur Chaudhary | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | April 2016 | Manpur Chaudhary | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | 2017 | Dr. Surya Narayan Yadav | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal |
  | May 2019 | Dr. Surya Narayan Yadav | Samajbadi Party, Nepal |
  | April 2020 | Dr. Surya Narayan Yadav | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
  | 2022 | Nawal Kishor Sah | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nawal Kishor Sah | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 23,604 | 33.61 |
  | | Jay Kant Raut | Janamat Party | 19,996 | 28.47 |
  | | Ramdev Sah (Teli) | Nepali Congress | 14,312 | 20.38 |
  | | Chandra Narayan Yadav | Independent | 2,881 | 4.10 |
  | | Ashok Kumar Mandal | Independent | 2,345 | 3.34 |
  | | Rohit Kumar Pokharel | Independent | 1,536 | 2.19 |
  | | Tika Laxmi Chaudhary | Nagrik Unmukti Party | 1,378 | 1.96 |
  | | Bishnu Dev Yadav | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1,117 | 1.59 |
  | | Niranjan Prasad Kushwaha | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 1,054 | 1.50 |
  | | Others | | 2,012 | 2.86 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 70,235 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,608 | |
  | | People's Socialist Party, Nepal hold | People's Socialist Party, Nepal hold | People's Socialist Party, Nepal hold | People's Socialist Party, Nepal hold |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Dr. Surya Narayan Yadav | 21,712 |
  | | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Ashok Kumar Mandal | 18,225 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ramdev Sah Teli | 15,225 |
  | | Naya Shakti Party, Nepal | Krishna Kumar Gupta | 1,163 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,983 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 5,940 |
  | Result | Result | FSFN gain | FSFN gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Manpur Chaudhary | 9,844 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Suman Raj Pyakurel | 8,242 |
  | | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Hem Raj Tated | 5,549 |
  | | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Surya Nath Prasad Yadav | 4,085 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Laxmi Kumari Giri | 2,255 |
  | | Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi Party | Mohammad Kalim Miya | 1,931 |
  | | Dalit Janajati Party | Kusheshwar Sah Haluwai | 1,172 |
  | | Terai Madhesh Sadbhavna Party | Shatrudhan Prasad Rauniyar | 1,111 |
  | | Others | Others | 5,926 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Hem Raj Tated | 9,879 |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Surya Nath Prasad Yadav | 8,824 |
  | | Independent | Manpur Chaudhary | 7,637 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Suman Raj Pyakurel | 6,696 |
  | | Janamorcha Nepal | Asarfi Sada | 3,288 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Shrawan Kumar Bista | 3,027 |
  | | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Lalan Chaudhary Tharu | 2,146 |
  | | Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal | Dev Narayan Chaudhary | 1,460 |
  | | Others | | 5,294 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,799 |
  | Result | Result | MJFN gain | MJFN gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Jay Prakash Anand | 15,083 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Hira Lal Chaudhary | 13,853 |
  | | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Mamata Jha | 7,178 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Jagadish Prasad Yadav | 5,820 |
  | | Independent | Shrawan Kumar Bista | 3,793 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Guru Sharan Rohita | 2,476 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,385 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,899 |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Jay Prakash Anand | 18,006 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Hira Lal Chaudhary | 13,885 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Devendra Jha | 6,200 |
  | | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Muralidhar Yadav | 3,204 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,687 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Hira Lal Chaudhary | 13,973 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Jay Prakash Anand | 12,050 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: ||||
  