title: Banke 1 (constituency)
text: # Banke 1 (constituency)
  
  Banke 1 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Banke District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Banke 1 incorporates Narainapur Rural Municipality, Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality and Kohalpur Municipality.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Banke 1(A)
  * Banke 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Syed Mairaj Ahmed Shah | Nepali Congress |
  | 1994 | Prem Bahadur Bhandari | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
  | March 1997 | Prem Bahadur Bhandari | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) |
  | 1999 | Gyanu K.C. | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Tilak Pariyar | CPN (Maoist) |
  | January 2009 | Tilak Pariyar | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | 2013 | Dev Raj Bhar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2017 | Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | May 2018 | Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj | Nepal Communist Party |
  | March 2021 | Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | 2022 | Surya Prasad Dhakal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Surya Prasad Dhakal | CPN (UML) | 25,026 | 35.34 |
  | | Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 19,632 | 27.72 |
  | | Suresh Kumar Chaudhary | Nagrik Unmukti Party | 11,465 | 16.19 |
  | | Aananda Babu Kafle | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 10,071 | 14.22 |
  | | Ram Kumar Yadav | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 2,693 | 3.80 |
  | | Others | | 1,924 | 2.72 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 70,811 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,394 | |
  | | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj | 31,173 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Madhav Ram Khatri | 28,217 |
  | | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Lal Bahadur Shah | 4,588 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,265 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,592 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist Centre gain | Maoist Centre gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dev Raj Bhar | 13,972 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Narayan Prasad Sharma Sigdel | 12,429 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Maheshwar Jang Gahatraj | 7,992 |
  | | Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Fula Ram Tharu | 4,321 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Prem Bahadur Bhandari | 3,919 |
  | | Others | Others | 4,095 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Tilak Pariyar | 16,087 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dev Raj Bhar | 9,360 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Gajendra Bahadur Hamal | 8,485 |
  | | Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Fula Ram Tharu | 4,616 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Prem Bahadur Bhandari | 2,848 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Padam Bahadur Malla | 1,601 |
  | | Others | | 2,218 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,038 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Gyanu K.C. | 15,137 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | 14,179 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Prem Bahadur Bhandari | 7,524 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Chet Bahadur Thapa | 5,494 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Raj Pant | 1,984 |
  | | Independent | Thakur Singh Tharu | 1,028 |
  | | Others | Others | 807 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,590 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Prem Bahadur Bhandari | 15,276 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Sanat Kumar Regmi | 11,8124 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Kali Bahadur Dhital | 8,451 |
  | | Independent | Yuvaraj Sharma | 1,076 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,286 |
  | Result | Result | RPP gain | RPP gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Syed Mairaj Ahmed Shah | 14,604 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | | 7,222 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  