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

Dang 3
Parliamentary constituency
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictDang District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepali Congress
Member of ParliamentDeepak Giri

Incorporated areas

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Dang 3 incorporates Babai Rural Municipality, Shantinagar Rural Municipality, Dangisharan Rural Municipality, and wards 1–15 of Tulsipur Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

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It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Dang 3(A)
  • Dang 3(B)

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1991 Khum Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress
1994 Shankar Pokharel CPN (Unified Marxist- Leninist)
1999 Krishna Kishor Ghimire Nepali Congress
2008 Krishna Bahadur Mahara CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Raju Khanal Nepali Congress
2017 Hira Chandra K.C. CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
August 2021 CPN (Unified Socialist)
2022 Deepak Giri Nepali Congress

Election results

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Election in the 2020s

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2022 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Deepak GiriNepali Congress36,91143.37
Komal OliCPN (UML)29,09234.18
Kamal SubediRastriya Swatantra Party15,32618.01
Oj Bahadur KhadkaRastriya Prajatantra Party1,5361.80
Others2,2472.64
Total85,112100.00
Majority7,819
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

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2019 by-elections

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Party Candidate Votes
Nepal Communist Party Bimala Kumari Khatri 24,286
Nepali Congress Keshav Raj Acharya 19,182
Others 1,036
Invalid votes 797
Result NCP hold
Source: Election Commission
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Hira Chandra K.C. 40,287
Nepali Congress Deepak Giri 33,730
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Him Lal Chaudhary 1,409
Others 1,080
Invalid votes 4,428
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Raju Khanal 15,048
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Laxman Acharya 7,942
UCPN (Maoist) Nirmal Acharya 7,408
Others 4,048
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

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Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Krishna Bahadur Mahara 20,784
Nepali Congress Anita Devkota 10,812
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Chhabi Lal Oli 4,879
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Mangal Prasad Chaudhary 3,337
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Dinesh Bahadur Neupane 1,157
Others 1,334
Invalid votes 2,113
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

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Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Krishna Kishor Ghimire 19,072
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Shankar Pokharel 11,647
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Giri Raj K.C. 8,085
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Shovakar Thapa 1,121
Others 662
Invalid votes 196
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Shankar Pokharel 19,366
Nepali Congress Deepak Giri 16,351
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Goma Giri 1,481
Others 414
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Khum Bahadur Khadka 24,105
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 14,594
Result Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  3. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. ^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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