title: Dhanusha 1 (constituency)
text: # Dhanusha 1 (constituency)
  
  Dhanusha 1 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Dhanusha District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Dhanusha 1 incorporates Ganeshman Charnath Municipality, Dhanushadham Municipality, Sabaila Municipality, wards 1, 3, 4 and 5 of Mithila Bihari Municipality, wards 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 of Hansapur Municipality, ward 4 of Mithila Municipality and wards 8 and 9 of Chhirreshwarnath Municipality
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Dhanusha 1(A)
  * Dhanusha 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Shivadhari Yadav | Nepali Congress |
  | 1994 | Ram Chandra Jha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1999 | Smriti Narayan Chaudhary | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Ram Chandra Jha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2013 | Dinesh Prasad Parsaila Yadav | Nepali Congress |
  | 2017 | Matrika Prasad Yadav | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | May 2018 | Matrika Prasad Yadav | Nepal Communist Party |
  | 2022 | Dipak Karki | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Dipak Karki | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 27,431 | 37.53 |
  | | Matrika Prasad Yadav | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 21,483 | 29.39 |
  | | Kishori Sah Kamal | Janamat Party | 14,467 | 19.79 |
  | | Manoj Malla Thakuri | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 8,273 | 11.32 |
  | | Others | | 1,444 | 1.98 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 73,098 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,948 | |
  | | 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 (Maoist Centre) | Matrika Prasad Yadav | 26,418 |
  | | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Deepak Karki | 17,296 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ananda Prasad Dhungana | 15,679 |
  | | Independent | Manoj Malla Thakuri | 3,492 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,812 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,471 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist Centre gain | Maoist Centre gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Dinesh Prasad Parsaila Yadav | 8,827 |
  | | Independent | Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav | 7,946 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Ram Chandra Jha | 5,310 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ratneshwor Goit Yadav | 4,175 |
  | | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Uma Shankar Argariya | 3,137 |
  | | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Arun Singh Mandal Dhanuk | 1,327 |
  | | Others | Others | 4,085 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Chandra Jha | 12,183 |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Jog Kumar Barbariya Yadav | 9,608 |
  | | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Gajadhar Rohita Yadav | 6,210 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Smriti Narayan Chaudhary | 5,354 |
  | | Others | | 4,733 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,932 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Smriti Narayan Chaudhary | 20,095 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Chandra Jha | 18,352 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Ratneshwor Goit | 7,228 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Guru Sharan Rohita | 1,035 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,377 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,457 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Chandra Jha | 20,749 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Shiva Dhari Yadav | 14,317 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Madan Giri | 4,677 |
  | | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Pradip Goit | 1,637 |
  | | Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal | Asarphi Minbar | 1,636 |
  | | Others | Others | 647 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Shivadhari Yadav | 16,616 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Yogendra Shah | 16,371 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  