There were 38,138 votes casted during 2008 Constituent Assembly elections in Kanchanpur District, Constituency No. 1. The candidte of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) - Puran Rana Tharu secured 14,765 (38.71%) votes and secured victory in the election. The runner-up candidate was Amar Singh Rana of Nepali Congress Party who secured 11,781 (30.89%) votes and came in second position. The difference in votes of Puran Rana Tharu and Amar Singh Rana was 2,984. All other candidates secured 11,592 (30.39%) votes.
As illustrated in the pie-chart above, the candidates who lost the election secured 23,373 (61.29%) votes as compared to votes secured by elected candidate Puran Rana Tharu, which was 14,765 (38.71%) votes.
Detailed Election Results are illustrated in the table below:
| Rank | Name | Political Party | Gender | Age | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puran Rana Tharu | Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) | N/A | N/A | 14,765 | 38.71% |
| 2 | Amar Singh Rana | Nepali Congress Party | N/A | N/A | 11,781 | 30.89% |
| 3 | Ram Kumar Gyawali | Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | N/A | N/A | 7,834 | 20.54% |
| 4 | Lokendra Prasad Lamsal | RJ | N/A | N/A | 3,758 | 9.85% |
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.