Kanchanpur 3 (constituency)

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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]

Kanchanpur 3
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Kanchanpur 3 in Sudurpashchim Province
Protected areas in green
Assembly segments Kanchanpur 3(A) (red) and Kanchanpur 3(B) (blue) within Kanchanpur District
Protected areas in green
ProvinceSudurpashchim Province
DistrictKanchanpur District
Electorate87,122
Current constituency
Created1994
MPRamesh Lekhak (NC)
Sudurpashchim
MPA
3(A)
Prakash Rawal (NCP)
Sudurpashchim
MPA
3(B)
Man Bahadur Sunar (NCP)

Incorporated areas

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

Assembly segments

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It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

  • Kanchanpur 3(A)
  • Kanchanpur 3(B)

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1994 Urwa Dutta Pant CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Ramesh Lekhak Nepali Congress
2008 Tekendra Prasad Bhatta CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Bahadur Singh Thapa Nepali Congress
2017 Dipak Prakash Bhatta CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Ramesh Lekhak Nepali Congress

Election results

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Election in the 2020s

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2022 general election

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Ramesh LekhakNepali Congress30,57556.46
Niru Devi PalCPN (UML)18,48534.13
Krishna LuharRastriya Swatantra Party2,0313.75
Deepak Bahadur SinghIndependent1,1452.11
Others1,9213.55
Total54,157100.00
Majority12,090
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

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Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dipak Prakash Bhatta 26,364
Nepali Congress Ramesh Lekhak 26,106
Others 1,059
Invalid votes 3,167
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bahadur Singh Thapa 12,836
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Nar Bahadur Dhami 9,643
UCPN (Maoist) Tekendra Prasad Bhatta 6,300
Tharuhat Terai Party Nepal Ishwari Devi Chaudhary 1,935
Others 3,310
Result Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

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Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Tekendra Prasad Bhatta 15,076
Nepali Congress Bahadur Singh Thapa 9,273
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Govinda Prasad Kalauni 5,667
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Tirtha Raj Chataul 1,659
Rastriya Janashakti Party Dhirendra Bahadur Dogaura 1,549
Others 2,919
Invalid votes 2,093
Result Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

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Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Ramesh Lekhak 13,527
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Indra Bahadur Khatri 8,336
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Urba Dutta Pant 7,503
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Lila Dhoj Basnet 2,781
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Padam Thakurathi 2,498
Others 1,417
Invalid votes 1,463
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Urwa Dutta Pant 11,100
Nepali Congress Narayan Prasad Saud 6,453
Independent Man Bahadur Sunar 5,769
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Dharma Raj Joshi 4,427
Independent Pratap Ram Lohar 213
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][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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