The 2023 Tanahun–1 by-election was held in the

Tanahun 1 Tanahun 1 is one of two parliamentary constituencies of Tanahun District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017. Incorporated areas Tanahun 1 incorporat ...

constituency of Nepal on 23 April 2023. The

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was held as the result of the vacation of the seat by the sitting member,

Ram Chandra Poudel Ram Chandra Paudel ( Nepali:राम चन्द्र पौडेल) is a Nepalese politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nepal. He is the senior leader of the Nepali Congress. Paudel i ...

, who was elected president on 9 March 2023. It was held alongside by-elections in Chitwan 2 and Bara 2.

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Swarnim Wagle Dr. Swarnim Wagle ( ne, डा.स्वर्णिम वाग्ले) is an economist and a member of Federal Parliament's House of Representatives in Nepal since April 2023, having been elected from a by-election in the seat of Tanahun 1. ...

, who had left the

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a few weeks prior to the by-election citing differences with the party leadership, won the by-election securing over 54 percent of the votes cast.

Background

First elected from Tanahun 1 in

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, Poudel switched seats in

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and was thereafter elected consecutively to parliament from

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. He served as the Speaker of the

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from 1994 to 1999, and was

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and

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from 2000 to 2002. Having decided to switch back to Tanahun 1 in

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, he was defeated by

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of the

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. Shrestha joined the

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when the party was formed, and vacated the seat for Poudel in the 2022 election, himself moving to Bara 4. Poudel was the candidate from

and its 10-party alliance for the 2023 presidential election, and was elected

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on 9 March 2023, defeating former speaker

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of the CPN (UML). He resigned as member of Parliament before assuming office as president on 13 March 2023.

2022 election result

Result

References

{{Reflist Tanahun District By-elections in Nepal