title: Ramechhap 1 (constituency)
text: # Ramechhap 1 (constituency)
  
  Ramechhap 1 is the parliamentary constituency of Ramechhap District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Ramechhap 1 incorporates the entirety of Ramechhap District.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Ramechhap 1(A)
  * Ramechhap 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Laxman Prasad Ghimire | Nepali Congress |
  | 1994 | Dev Shankar Paudel | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1999 | Kamal Prasad Sunuwar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2008 | Tara Narayan Shrestha | CPN (Maoist) |
  | January 2009 | Tara Narayan Shrestha | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | 2013 | Ang Tawa Sherpa | Nepali Congress |
  | 2017 | Shyam Kumar Shrestha | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | May 2018 | Shyam Kumar Shrestha | Nepal Communist Party |
  | March 2021 | Shyam Kumar Shrestha | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | 2022 | Purna Bahadur Tamang | Nepali Congress |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Purna Bahadur Tamang | Nepali Congress | 47,099 | 56.14 |
  | | Kailash Prasad Dhungel | CPN (UML) | 30,730 | 36.63 |
  | | Lal Bahadur Ghising | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1,484 | 1.77 |
  | | Samikshya Shrestha | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 1,457 | 1.74 |
  | | Others | | 3,129 | 3.73 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 83,899 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,369 | |
  | | 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 (Maoist Centre) | Shyam Kumar Shrestha | 42,117 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Purna Bahadur Tamang | 35,771 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Mohan Karki | 3,285 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,957 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 5,651 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist Centre gain | Maoist Centre gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ang Tawa Sherpa | 13,615 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Laxmi Devi Gurung | 9,903 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Kamal Prakash Sunuwar | 9,022 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Gobinda Bahadur Khadka | 2,516 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,483 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Tara Narayan Shrestha | 19,910 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ang Tawa Sherpa | 10,245 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dev Shankar Paudel | 7,404 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Dil Bahadur Tamang | 1,101 |
  | | Others | | 1,810 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 2,320 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Kamal Prasad Sunuwar | 16,582 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Laxman Prasad Ghimire | 15,278 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Bahadur Karki | 4,881 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Babu Ram Paudel | 2,620 |
  | | Others | Others | 450 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,562 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dev Shankar Paudel | 10,968 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Laxman Prasad Ghimire | 10,957 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Ang Chhiring Lama | 9,034 |
  | | Independent | Yuba Raj Bhattarai | 1,973 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,274 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Laxman Prasad Ghimire | 12,554 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dev Shankar Paudel | 10,086 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  