Kanchanpur 3 (constituency) explained

Kanchanpur 3
Type:Parliamentary
Parl Name:House of Representatives
Map Size:300
Map Year:2017
District Label:Province
District:Sudurpashchim Province
Region Label:District
Region:Kanchanpur District
Electorate:87,122
Year:1994
Members Label:MP
Members:Ramesh Lekhak (NC)
Blank1 Name:Sudurpashchim
MPA 3(A)
Blank1 Info:Prakash Rawal (NCP)
Blank2 Name:Sudurpashchim
MPA 3(B)
Blank2 Info:Man Bahadur Sunar (NCP)

Kanchanpur 3 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Kanchanpur District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

Incorporated areas

Kanchanpur 3 incorporates Mahakali Municipality, Bhimdatta Municipality, and wards 8 of Bedkot Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1994Urwa Dutta PantCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999Ramesh LekhakNepali Congress
2008Tekendra Prasad BhattaCPN (Maoist)
January 2009UCPN (Maoist)
2013Bahadur Singh ThapaNepali Congress
2017Dipak Prakash BhattaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
March 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022Ramesh LekhakNepali Congress

3(A)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Prakash RawalCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
March 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
August 2021CPN (Unified Socialist)

3(B)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Man Bahadur SunarCPN (Maoist Centre)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Dipak Prakash Bhatta26,364
Nepali CongressRamesh Lekhak26,106
Others1,059
Invalid votes3,167
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
3(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Prakash Rawal12,817
Nepali CongressYagya Raj Joshi12,754
Others565
Invalid votes1,224
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
3(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist Centre)Man Bahadur Sunar13,700
Nepali CongressBel Bahadur Rana Magar13,539
Others759
Invalid votes1,306
ResultMaoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressBahadur Singh Thapa12,836
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Nar Bahadur Dhami9,643
UCPN (Maoist)Tekendra Prasad Bhatta6,300
Tharuhat Terai Party NepalIshwari Devi Chaudhary1,935
Others3,310
ResultCongress gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

Election in the 2000s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Maoist)Tekendra Prasad Bhatta15,076
Nepali CongressBahadur Singh Thapa9,273
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Govinda Prasad Kalauni5,667
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyTirtha Raj Chataul1,659
Rastriya Janashakti PartyDhirendra Bahadur Dogaura1,549
Others2,919
Invalid votes2,093
ResultMaoist gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

Election in the 1990s

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressRamesh Lekhak13,527
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)Indra Bahadur Khatri8,336
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Urba Dutta Pant7,503
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Lila Dhoj Basnet2,781
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyPadam Thakurathi2,498
Others1,417
Invalid votes1,463
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission[4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Urwa Dutta Pant11,100
Nepali CongressNarayan Prasad Saud6,453
IndependentMan Bahadur Sunar5,769
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyDharma Raj Joshi4,427
IndependentPratap Ram Lohar213
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commissionhttp://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1994_constituency_results_english.pdf

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies. en. 2018-04-25.
  2. Web site: 2015-03-25. Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens. 2020-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top. 2015-03-25.
  3. Web site: 2009-10-03. Ca Election report. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php. 2009-10-03.
  4. Web site: 2008-01-24. Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php. 2008-01-24.
  5. Web site: Election Results'99. 2020-11-15. nepalresearch.org.

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