title: Sunsari 1 (constituency)
text: # Sunsari 1 (constituency)
  
  Sunsari 1 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Sunsari District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Sunsari 1 incorporates Dharan Sub-metropolitan City, wards 1–5 of Barah Municipality and wards 6 and 7 of Ramdhuni Municipality
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Sunsari 1(A)
  * Sunsari 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Man Mohan Adhikari | CPN (UML) |
  | 1994 | Lila Shrestha Subba | CPN (UML) |
  | 1999 | Kunta Sharma | CPN (UML) |
  | 2008 | Kiran Kumar Rai | CPN (Maoist) |
  | January 2009 | Kiran Kumar Rai | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | 2013 | Krishna Kumar Rai | CPN (UML) |
  | 2017 | Jay Kumar Rai | CPN (UML) |
  | May 2018 | Jay Kumar Rai | Nepal Communist Party |
  | 2022 | Ashok Rai | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ashok Rai | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 17,059 | 23.36 |
  | | Goma Tamang | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 16,606 | 22.74 |
  | | Muksamhang Subba | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 13,087 | 17.92 |
  | | Ashok Kumar Rai | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 7,884 | 10.80 |
  | | Manoj Kumar Myangbo | Independent | 7,812 | 10.70 |
  | | Tarka Bahadur Magar | Independent | 3,818 | 5.23 |
  | | Kumar Karki | Independent | 1,864 | 2.55 |
  | | Matrika Prasad Bhattarai | Independent | 1,760 | 2.41 |
  | | Others | | 3,131 | 4.29 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 73,021 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 453 | |
  | | People's Socialist Party, Nepal gain | People's Socialist Party, Nepal gain | People's Socialist Party, Nepal gain | People's Socialist Party, Nepal gain |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (UML) | Jay Kumar Rai | 44,528 |
  | | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Ashok Kumar Rai | 22,123 |
  | | Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch | Krishna Man Limbu | 1,521 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Harka Raj Bista | 1,366 |
  | | Others | Others | 3,212 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,340 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (UML) | Krishna Kumar Rai | 14,384 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Chandra Prasad Shrestha | 12,337 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Muksamahang Subba Limbu | 9,025 |
  | | Federal Socialist Party, Nepal | Dhyan Bahadur Rai | 3,809 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Judhha Bahadur Lohani | 1,112 |
  | | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Chandra Bahadur Limbu | 1,042 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,394 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Kiran Kumar Rai | 18,620 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Manoj Kumar Myangbo | 11,693 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Uma Bastola | 6,535 |
  | | CPN (United) | Dipak Rai | 1,944 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Min Kumar Limbu | 1,625 |
  | | Others | | 1,968 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,760 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (UML) | Kunta Sharma | 14,843 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Chandra Prasad Shrestha | 13,032 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Dhyan Bahadur Rai | 5,799 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Krishna Kumar Rai | 4,251 |
  | | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Shrawan Kumar Limbu | 3,204 |
  | | Others | Others | 902 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 813 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (UML) | Lila Shrestha Subba | 12,774 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Binod Kumar Rai | 7,705 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Krishna Kumar Rap | 7,337 |
  | | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Gore Bahadur Khapangi | 4,911 |
  | | Others | Others | 902 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (UML) | Man Mohan Adhikari | 27,784 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bekh Dangol | 12,342 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: ||||
  