2023 Tanahun–1 by-election

2023 Tanahun–1 by-election

23 April 2023 (2023-04-23)

Constituency of Tanahun 1 in the House of Representatives
Turnout53%
 
Candidate Swarnim Wagle Govinda Bhattarai Sarbendra Khanal
Party RSP Congress CPN (UML)
Popular vote 34,919 20,122 8,488
Percentage 54.57% 31.45% 13.27%

Tanahun 1 in Gandaki Province

MP before election

Ram Chandra Poudel
Congress

Elected MP

Swarnim Wagle
RSP

The 2023 Tanahun–1 by-election was held in the Tanahun 1 constituency of Nepal on 23 April 2023. The by-election was held as the result of the vacation of the seat by the sitting member, Ram Chandra Poudel, who was elected president on 9 March 2023. It was held alongside by-elections in Chitwan 2 and Bara 2.

Rastriya Swatantra Party's Swarnim Wagle, who had left the Nepali Congress a few weeks prior to the by-election citing differences with the party leadership, won the by-election securing over 54 percent of the votes cast.