title: Gulmi 1 (constituency)
text: # Gulmi 1 (constituency)
  
  Gulmi 1 one of two parliamentary constituencies of Gulmi District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Gulmi 1 incorporates Kaligandaki Rural Municipality, Satyawati Rural Municipality, Chandrakot Rural Municipality, Ruru Rural Municipality, Chatrakot Rural Municipality, Gulmidarbar Rural Municipality and wards 7–14 of Resunga Municipality.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Gulmi 1(A)
  * Gulmi 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Jhak Bahadur Pun | Nepali Congress |
  | 1994 | Ram Nath Dhakal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1999 | Fatik Bahadur Thapa | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2008 | Sudarshan Baral | CPN (Maoist) |
  | January 2009 | Sudarshan Baral | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | 2013 | Krishna Bahadur Chhantyal Thapa | Nepali Congress |
  | 2017 | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | May 2018 | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | Nepal Communist Party |
  | March 2021 | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2022 | Chandra Kant Bhandari | Nepali Congress |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Chandra Kant Bhandari | Nepali Congress | 33,744 | 49.14 |
  | | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | CPN (UML) | 32,152 | 46.83 |
  | | Damodar Bhandari | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 1,882 | 2.74 |
  | | Others | | 886 | 1.29 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 68,664 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,592 | |
  | | 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 (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Pradeep Kumar Gyawali | 37,814 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Chandra Kant Bhandari | 30,256 |
  | | Others | Others | 779 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,717 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Krishna Bahadur Chhantyal Thapa | 10,592 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Maina Kumari Bhandari | 10,433 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Sudarshan Baral | 5,032 |
  | | Rastriya Janamorcha | Jaman Singh Singh Rana | 1,051 |
  | | Others | Others | 711 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Sudarshan Baral | 14,165 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Subarna Jwarchan | 9,701 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Maina Kumari Bhandari | 9,067 |
  | | Rastriya Janamorcha | Jaman Singh Rana | 1,784 |
  | | Others | | 805 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,637 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Fatik Bahadur Thapa | 18,672 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Jhak Bahadur Pun | 16,496 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rup Singh Thapa | 1,039 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,372 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 750 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Nath Dhakal | 17,495 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bhakta Bahadur Pun | 14,573 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Nar Bahadur Budhathoki | 1,446 |
  | | Others | Others | 720 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Jhak Bahadur Pun | 16,767 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | | 14,153 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  