Gorkha – 1 | 1999 House of Representatives Election Results
There were 42,115 votes casted during 1999 House of Representatives elections in Gorkha District, Constituency No. 1. The candidte of Nepali Congress Party - Chiranjebi Wagle secured 17,305 (41.09%) votes and secured victory in the election. The runner-up candidate was Ram Sharan Basnet of Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) who secured 13,438 (31.91%) votes and came in second position. The difference in votes of Chiranjebi Wagle and Ram Sharan Basnet was 3,867. All other candidates secured 11,372 (27.00%) votes.
As illustrated in the pie-chart above, the candidates who lost the election secured 24,810 (58.91%) votes as compared to votes secured by elected candidate Chiranjebi Wagle, which was 17,305 (41.09%) votes.
Detailed Election Results are illustrated in the table below:
| Rank | Name | Political Party | Gender | Age | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiranjebi Wagle | Nepali Congress Party | N/A | N/A | 17,305 | 41.09% |
| 2 | Ram Sharan Basnet | Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | N/A | N/A | 13,438 | 31.91% |
| 3 | Narayan Malla | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | N/A | N/A | 5,641 | 13.39% |
| 4 | Surendra Bahadur Thapa | Nepal Communist Party (M.L) | N/A | N/A | 2,580 | 6.13% |
| 5 | Rajeshwor Devkota | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | N/A | N/A | 1,733 | 4.11% |
| 6 | Bhaikaji Rana | Rastriya Janamukti Party | N/A | N/A | 1,128 | 2.68% |
| 7 | Sher Bahadur Sarki | Janamukti Party Nepal | N/A | N/A | 133 | 0.32% |
| 8 | Lekh Nath Kattel | Independent | N/A | N/A | 79 | 0.19% |
| 9 | Suresh Mishra | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | N/A | N/A | 39 | 0.09% |
| 10 | Resham Babu Shrestha | Independent | N/A | N/A | 21 | 0.05% |
| 11 | Birendra Pokhrel | Independent | N/A | N/A | 18 | 0.04% |
Please, note that details candidates who contested in the election may not be available due to lack of election data. If you found N/A in the table above in any column, that means the information is not available at present. If the age of a candidate is given in the table, that should be considered as the age of candidate at the time of filing nomination for the election, but not the current age.
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Milan Karki
Milan Karki is a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), Management Consultant, Legal Analyst, Software Developer, Researcher & Writer based in New York, USA. He is operating investment advisory and management consulting firm in USA. He holds MBA from Canada, and currently studying Ph.D. in finance in USA. He has written several books in English and Nepali languages. He is originally from Nepal.
