Jhapa 1 is one of five parliamentary constituencies of
Jhapa District
Jhapa ( ne, झापा जिल्ला; ) is a district of Province No. 1 in eastern Nepal named after a Rajbanshi word "Jhapa" meaning "to cover" (verb). The latest official data, the 2021 Nepal Census, puts the total population of the d ...
in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
Incorporated areas
Jhapa 1 incorporates
Mechinagar Municipality
Mechinagar ( ne, मेचीनगर) is a municipality in Jhapa District, Province No. 1, Nepal and is the main entry point from India on Nepal's eastern border. Nepal's custom office is in Kakarvitta ( ne, काँकडभिट्टा), ...
, ward 9 and 10 of
Bhadrapur Municipality and wards 4–7 of
Buddhashanti Rural Municipality.
Assembly segments
It encompasses the following
Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly
The Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly also known as the Province No. 1 Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: प्रदेश न. १ प्रदेश सभा) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Province No. 1, one of the seven provinces in ...
segment
* Jhapa 1(A)
* Jhapa 1(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Provincial Assembly
Provincial may refer to:
Government & Administration
* Provincial capitals, an administrative sub-national capital of a country
* Provincial city (disambiguation)
* Provincial minister (disambiguation)
* Provincial Secretary, a position in Can ...
1(A)
1(B)
Election results
Election in the 2020s
2022 general election
2022 provincial election
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Election in the 2010s
2017 legislative elections
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 26 November and 7 December 2017 along with the general election. 330 seats in the seven newly created provincial assemblies were elected by first-past-the-post voting and 220 by proportional ...
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2013 Constituent Assembly election
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election
Election in the 1990s
1999 legislative elections
1994 legislative elections
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1991 legislative elections
See also
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List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
The House of Representatives of Nepal (the lower house of the Federal Parliament) has 165 constituencies, of which 165 elect a single member using first-past-the-post voting and one nationwide constituency that elects 110 members by proportional ...
References
External links
Constituency map of Jhapa{{House of Representatives constituencies in Province No. 1
Parliamentary constituencies of Nepal