title: Bhaktapur 1 (constituency)
text: # Bhaktapur 1 (constituency)
  
  Bhaktapur 1 is one of two parliamentary constituencies of Bhaktapur District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Bhaktapur 2 parliamentary constituency consists of Bhaktapur Municipality and Changunarayan Municipality.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segments:
  
  * Bhaktapur 1(A)
  * Bhaktapur 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1991 | Narayan Man Bijukchhe | Nepal Workers Peasants Party |
  | | 2017 | Prem Suwal | Nepal Workers Peasants Party |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Prem Suwal | Nepal Workers Peasants Party | 42,761 | 59.63 |
  | | Navaraj Gelal | CPN (UML) | 11,968 | 16.69 |
  | | Bharat Bahadur Khadka Khadka | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 9,303 | 12.97 |
  | | Sunil Gothe | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 5,283 | 7.37 |
  | | Others | | 2,394 | 3.34 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 71,709 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,793 | |
  | | Nepal Workers Peasants Party hold | Nepal Workers Peasants Party hold | Nepal Workers Peasants Party hold | Nepal Workers Peasants Party hold |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2019 by-elections**
  
  **1(A)**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Krishna Lal Bhadel | 13,449 |
  | | Nepal Communist Party | Devi Prasad Dhakal | 11,206 |
  | | Nepal Workers Peasants Party | Niraj Lawaju | 5,829 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,108 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepal Workers Peasants Party | Prem Suwal | 33,076 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Babu Raja Joshi | 17,818 |
  | | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Milan Suwal | 15,374 |
  | | Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Dipesh Neupane | 2,330 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,867 |
  | Result | Result | NWP hold | NWP hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepal Workers Peasants Party | Narayan Man Bijukchhe | 20,446 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Krishna Lal Bhadel | 12,826 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Sanu Suwal | 6,296 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ranju Napit | 5,668 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rabindra Pratap Shah | 4,458 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Madhav Khatri | 2,643 |
  | Result | Result | NWPP hold | NWPP hold |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepal Workers Peasants Party | Narayan Man Bijukchhe | 19,972 |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Debendra Shrestha | 11,548 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Mahesh Shrestha | 8,281 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Sundar Dhyo | 7,327 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Surendra Pratap Shah | 3,215 |
  | | Others | | 2,592 |
  | Result | Result | NWPP hold | NWPP hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepal Workers Peasants Party | Narayan Man Bijukchhe | 16,533 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ganesh Man Chakradhar | 10,030 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Sarswati Bati | 8,096 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Surendra Pratap Shah | 3,895 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Yabati Karki | 1,992 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Sharan Dhimal | 1,238 |
  | | Others | Others | 844 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 771 |
  | Result | Result | NWPP hold | NWPP hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepal Workers Peasants Party | Narayan Man Bijukchhe | 16,770 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Surendra Pratap Shah | 9,438 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Radhe Shyam Jonche | 8,137 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Narayan Bhakta Wati | 5,689 |
  | | Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal | Kanchi Maharjan | 412 |
  | Result | Result | NWPP hold | NWPP hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepal Workers Peasants Party | Narayan Man Bijukchhe | 20,163 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Raghesh Man Jonche | 13,732 |
  | Result | Result | NWPP gain | NWPP gain |
  | Source: ||||
  