{{short description|Parliamentary constituency in Nepal}}
{{Infobox constituency | name = Pyuthan 1 | type = Parliamentary | constituency_link = | parl_name = <!-- name of the law making body --> | map1 = | map2 = | map3 = | map4 = | map_size = 300 | map_entity = | map_year = 2017 | image = Pyuthan1PratinidhiSabha.svg | image2 = | image3 = | image4 = | caption = Pyuthan 1 in Lumbini Province | caption2 = | caption3 = | caption4 = | district_label = Province<!-- can be State/Province, region, county --> | district = Lumbini Province | region_label = District<!-- can be State/Province, region, county --> | region = Pyuthan District | population = | electorate = | towns = | future = | year = 1991<!-- year of establishment --> | abolished_label = | abolished = | elects_howmany = | seats = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = Rastriya Swatantra Party | members_label = Member of Parliament | members = Sushant Vaidik | local_council_label = | local_council = | previous = | next = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | blank2_name = | blank2_info = | blank3_name = | blank3_info = | blank4_name = | blank4_info = }}
'''Pyuthan 1''' is the parliamentary constituency of Pyuthan District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|title=CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies|language=en|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-08-31/cdc-submits-its-report-with-165-electoral-constituencies.html|access-date=2018-04-25}}</ref>
== Incorporated areas == Pyuthan 1 incorporates the entirety of Pyuthan District.
== Assembly segments == It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
* Pyuthan 1(A) * Pyuthan 1(B)
== Members of Parliament ==
=== Parliament/Constituent Assembly === {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |1991 |Shiva Raj Subedi |Nepali Congress |- | style="background-color:firebrick" | |1999 |Hari Acharya |Rastriya Janamorcha |- | rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" | |2008 | rowspan="2" |Narayan Prasad Adhikari |CPN (Maoist) |- |''January 2009'' |UCPN (Maoist) |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |2013 |Bam Dev Gautam |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |- | style="background-color:firebrick" | |2017 |Durga Paudel |Rastriya Janamorcha |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |2022 |Surya Bahadur Thapa Chhetri |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |- |{{party color cell|Rastriya Swatantra Party}} |2026 |Sushant Vaidik |Rastriya Swatantra Party |}
=== Provincial Assembly === {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}}
==== 1(A) ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party |- |rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}"| |2017 |rowspan="2"|Hari Prasad Rijal |CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |- |''May 2018'' |Nepal Communist Party |} {{Col-2}}
==== 1(B) ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party |- |style="background-color:darkred"| |2017 |rowspan="2"|Krishna Dhoj Khadka |CPN (Maoist Centre) |- |style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}"| |''May 2018'' |Nepal Communist Party |} {{Col-end}}
== Election results == === Election in the 2020s ===
==== 2026 general election ==== {{Election results
|cand1=Sushant Vaidik |party1=Rastriya Swatantra Party |votes1=27469
|cand2=Dr. Govind Raj Pokharel |party2=Nepali Congress |votes2=18338
|cand3=Surya Bahadur Thapa Chhetri |party3=CPN (UML) |votes3=16710
|cand4=Krishna Dhwoj Khadka |party4=Nepali Communist Party |votes4=9074
|cand5=Tilak Bahadur G.C. |party5=Rastriya Janamorcha |votes5=7654
|cand6=Govind Giri |party6=Shram Sanskriti Party |votes6=594
|cand7=Sita B.K. |party7=Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) |votes7=501
|cand8=Daneshwar Pandit |party8=Rastriya Prajatantra Party |votes8=415
|cand9=Others |votes9=391
|invalid= |electorate= |result=Rastriya Swatantra Party gain |majority=9131 |source=<ref>{{Cite web |title=लुम्बिनी प्रदेश-प्युठान, प्रतिनिधि सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र नं. १ |url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral2082.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}</ref>}}
==== 2022 general election ==== {{Election results|cand1=Surya Bahadur Thapa Chhetri|party1=CPN (UML)|votes1=41118|cand2=Durga Paudel|party2=Rastriya Janamorcha|votes2=35814|cand3=Krishna Prasad Pokharel|party3=Rastriya Swatantra Party|votes3=3318|cand4=Hom Bahadur Budhathoki Magar|party4=Rastriya Prajatantra Party|votes4=1472|cand5=Madhav Singh K.C.|party5=CPN (Marxist–Leninist)|votes5=1121|cand6=Others|votes6=440|invalid=|electorate=|result=CPN (UML) gain|majority=5304|source=<ref name="2022el">{{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral2079.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}</ref>}}
=== Election in the 2010s ===
==== 2017 legislative elections ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:firebrick" | |Rastriya Janamorcha |Durga Paudel |47,514 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Dr. Govinda Raj Pokharel |31,286 |- | style="background-color:indianred" | |CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |Madhav Singh K.C. |2,565 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |1,281 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Janamorcha gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission] |}
==== 2017 Nepalese provincial elections ==== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}}
=====1(A) ===== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Hari Prasad Rijal |24,734 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Tek Prasad Bhandari |12,639 |- | style="background-color:indianred" | |CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |Tek Prasad Bhandari |1,064 |- | |Patriotic People's Democratic Front Nepal |Dhaneshwar Pokharel |307 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission] |} {{Col-2}}
=====1(B) ===== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" | |CPN (Maoist Centre) |Krishna Dhoj Khadka |27,910 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Amar Prasad Bhandari |14,138 |- | style="background-color:crimson" | |CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |Hari Singh Budhathoki Magar |1,971 |- | |colspan="2"|Others |745 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Maoist Centre gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission] |} {{Col-end}}
==== 2013 Constituent Assembly election ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Bam Dev Gautam |13,962 |- | style="background-color:firebrick" | |Rastriya Janamorcha |Kishna Bahadur Khadka |8,724 |- | style="background-color:darkred" | |UCPN (Maoist) |Navaraj Subedi |7,054 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Hukum Bahadur Bista |5,215 |- | style="background-color:indianred" | |CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |Yam Bahadur Gurung |1,017 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |626 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: NepalNews<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2015-03-25|title=Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens|url=http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|archive-date=2015-03-25}}</ref> |}
=== Election in the 2000s ===
==== 2008 Constituent Assembly election ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:darkred" | |CPN (Maoist) |Narayan Prasad Adhikari |13,096 |- | style="background-color:firebrick" | |Rastriya Janamorcha |Hari Acharya |11,345 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Dhan Bahadur Rayamajhi |9,349 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Diwakar Gautam |4,925 |- | style="background-color:indianred" | |CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |Ravi Lal Roka Magar |1,869 |- | |Others | |2,567 |- | colspan="3" |Invalid votes |1,665 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Maoist gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03}}</ref> |}
=== Election in the 1990s ===
==== 1999 legislative elections ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:firebrick" | |Rastriya Janamorcha |Hari Acharya |14,890 |- | style="background-color:indianred" | |CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |Chakra Bahadur Roka Magar |6,194 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Diwakar Gautam |5,806 |- | style="background-color:gold" | |Rastriya Prajatantra Party |Netra Bahadur Rokaya |4,944 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |695 |- | colspan="3" |Invalid votes |770 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Janamorcha gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive">{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}</ref> |}
==== 1994 legislative elections ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Shiva Raj Subedi |9,403 |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" | |Independent |Keshar Bahadur Gurung |9,143 |- | style="background-color:gold" | |Rastriya Prajatantra Party |Tanka Bahadur Bista |7,855 |- | | colspan="2" |Others |1,137 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Congress hold |- | colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive" /> |}
==== 1991 legislative elections ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Shiva Raj Subedi |6,536 |- | style="background-color:firebrick" | |Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal | |4,628 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Congress gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: [http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf] |}
== See also ==
* List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.election.gov.np/ecn/uploads/userfiles/maps/PYUTHAN.pdf Constituency map of Pyuthan] {{House of Representatives constituencies in Lumbini Province}}
Category:Parliamentary constituencies of Nepal