title: Khotang 1 (constituency)
text: # Khotang 1 (constituency)
  
  Khotang 1 is the parliamentary constituency of Khotang District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Khotang 1 incorporates the entirety of Khotang District.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Khotang 1(A)
  * Khotang 1(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Tanka Rai | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 1999 | Sarbadhan Rai | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Ram Kumar Rai | CPN (Maoist) |
  | January 2009 | Ram Kumar Rai | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | 2013 | Panchkarna Rai | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | 2017 | Bishal Bhattarai | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  | May 2018 | Bishal Bhattarai | Nepal Communist Party |
  | 2022 | Ram Kumar Rai | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ram Kumar Rai | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 31,351 | 48.67 |
  | | Bishal Bhattarai | CPN (UML) | 28,682 | 44.52 |
  | | Krishna Kumar Rai | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 1,914 | 2.97 |
  | | Sarju Shrestha | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1,761 | 2.73 |
  | | Others | | 714 | 1.11 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 64,422 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,669 | |
  | | CPN (Maoist Centre) gain | CPN (Maoist Centre) gain | CPN (Maoist Centre) gain | CPN (Maoist Centre) gain |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bishal Bhattarai | 37,837 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Saraswati Bajimaya | 23,465 |
  | | Naya Shakti Party, Nepal | Madan Kumar Rai | 2,494 |
  | | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Krishna Kumar Rai | 2,377 |
  | | Others | Others | 732 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,355 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Panchkarna Rai | 10,824 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Naresh Kumar Shrestha | 9,841 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Durga Jayanta Rai | 7,501 |
  | | Federal Socialist Party, Nepal | Devraj Rai | 2,263 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Baindra K.C. | 1,002 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,877 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Ram Kumar Rai | 16,687 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Subas Kumar Pokharel | 9,029 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Panchkarna Rai | 8,793 |
  | | CPN (Unified) | Tanka Rai | 2,592 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Dharma Sher Rai | 2,499 |
  | | Janamorcha Nepal | Amar Kumar Rai | 1,373 |
  | | Others | | 989 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,654 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Sarba Dhan Rai | 17,216 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Karna Bahadur Ghale | 12,814 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Ganesh Rai | 6,143 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Parshu Ram Rai | 4,550 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Sita Ram Rai | 1,620 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,151 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 952 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Tanka Rai | 14,737 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bal Bahadur Rai | 14,260 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Parshuram Rai | 7,503 |
  | | Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal | Nanda Prasad Rai | 1,384 |
  | | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Gajraj Rai | 1,112 |
  | | Independent | Khem Raj Khanal | 154 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Tanka Rai | 11,563 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bal Bahadur Rai | 8,039 |
  | Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: ||||
  