title: Dolakha 1 (constituency)
text: # Dolakha 1 (constituency)
  
  Dolakha 1 is the parliamentary constituency of Dolakha District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Dolakha 1 incorporates the entirety of Dolakha District.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Dolakha 1(A)
  * Dolakha 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Indra Bahadur Khadka | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1994 | Bhim Bahadur Tamang | Nepali Congress |
  | 1999 | Pashupati Chaulagain | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2008 | Devi Khadka | CPN (Maoist) |
  | January 2009 | Devi Khadka | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | 2013 | Parbat Gurung | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | May 2018 | Parbat Gurung | Nepal Communist Party |
  | March 2021 | Parbat Gurung | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2022 | Ganga Karki | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ganga Karki | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 36,820 | 45.44 |
  | | Baal Krishna Shivakoti | CPN (UML) | 36,505 | 45.06 |
  | | Jagadish Kharel | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 3,801 | 4.69 |
  | | Bijay Khadka | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1,561 | 1.93 |
  | | Others | | 2,336 | 2.88 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 81,023 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 315 | |
  | | CPN (Maoist Centre) | CPN (Maoist Centre) | CPN (Maoist Centre) | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Parbat Gurung | 55,457 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Rudra Bahadur Khadka | 24,813 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,168 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Parbat Gurung | 16,281 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Jip Chhirring Lama | 12,298 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Bishal Khadka | 9,078 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,209 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Devi Khadka | 22,182 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Pashupati Chaulagain | 12,805 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bhim Bahadur Tama | 12,702 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Baikuntha Prasad Bhandari | 1,520 |
  | | Others | | 1,732 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Pashupati Chaulagain | 20,243 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bhim Bahadur Tamang | 15,093 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Mahendra Bahadur Karki | 5,059 |
  | | Others | Others | 448 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 905 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bhim Bahadur Tamang | 16,673 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ananda Pokharel | 15,790 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Ram Prasad Upreti | 4,720 |
  | | Independent | Bal Bahadur K.C. | 640 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Indra Bahadur Khadka | 18,376 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bhim Bahadur Tamang | 11,606 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: ||||
  