There were 47,694 votes casted during 2008 Constituent Assembly elections in Salyan District, Constituency No. 1. The candidte of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) - Tek Bahadur Basnet secured 27,421 (57.49%) votes and secured victory in the election. The runner-up candidate was Prakash Jwala of Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) who secured 9,487 (19.89%) votes and came in second position. The difference in votes of Tek Bahadur Basnet and Prakash Jwala was 17,934. All other candidates secured 10,786 (22.62%) votes.
As illustrated in the pie-chart above, the candidates who lost the election secured 20,273 (42.51%) votes as compared to votes secured by elected candidate Tek Bahadur Basnet, which was 27,421 (57.49%) votes.
Detailed Election Results are illustrated in the table below:
| Rank | Name | Political Party | Gender | Age | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tek Bahadur Basnet | Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) | N/A | N/A | 27,421 | 57.49% |
| 2 | Prakash Jwala | Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | N/A | N/A | 9,487 | 19.89% |
| 3 | Dhrub Raj Puri | Nepali Congress Party | N/A | N/A | 7,878 | 16.52% |
| 4 | Yagyaswari Shah | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | N/A | N/A | 2,908 | 6.10% |
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.