There were 34,505 votes casted during 2008 Constituent Assembly elections in Dhankuta District, Constituency No. 1. The candidte of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) - Hem Raj Bhandari secured 17,202 (49.85%) votes and secured victory in the election. The runner-up candidate was Rakam Chemjong of Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) who secured 11,174 (32.38%) votes and came in second position. The difference in votes of Hem Raj Bhandari and Rakam Chemjong was 6,028. All other candidates secured 6,129 (17.76%) votes.
As illustrated in the pie-chart above, the candidates who lost the election secured 17,303 (50.15%) votes as compared to votes secured by elected candidate Hem Raj Bhandari, which was 17,202 (49.85%) votes.
Detailed Election Results are illustrated in the table below:
| Rank | Name | Political Party | Gender | Age | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hem Raj Bhandari | Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) | N/A | N/A | 17,202 | 49.85% |
| 2 | Rakam Chemjong | Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | N/A | N/A | 11,174 | 32.38% |
| 3 | Manohar Narayan Shrestha | Nepali Congress Party | N/A | N/A | 6,129 | 17.76% |
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.