There were 50,895 votes casted during 2008 Constituent Assembly elections in Bajura District, Constituency No. 1. The candidte of Nepali Congress Party - Dev Raj Joshi secured 19,271 (37.86%) votes and secured victory in the election. The runner-up candidate was Karn Bahadur Thapa of Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) who secured 18,469 (36.29%) votes and came in second position. The difference in votes of Dev Raj Joshi and Karn Bahadur Thapa was 802. All other candidates secured 13,155 (25.85%) votes.
As illustrated in the pie-chart above, the candidates who lost the election secured 31,624 (62.14%) votes as compared to votes secured by elected candidate Dev Raj Joshi, which was 19,271 (37.86%) votes.
Detailed Election Results are illustrated in the table below:
| Rank | Name | Political Party | Gender | Age | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dev Raj Joshi | Nepali Congress Party | N/A | N/A | 19,271 | 37.86% |
| 2 | Karn Bahadur Thapa | Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | N/A | N/A | 18,469 | 36.29% |
| 3 | Min Bahadur Bista | Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) | N/A | N/A | 13,155 | 25.85% |
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.