Kanchanpur 3 (constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in Nepal

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
Province	Sudurpashchim Province
District	Kanchanpur District
Electorate	87,122
Current constituency
Created	1994
MP	Ramesh Lekhak (NC)
Sudurpashchim MPA 3(A)	Prakash Rawal (NCP)
Sudurpashchim MPA 3(B)	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

Kanchanpur 3(A)
Kanchanpur 3(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

	Member	Party
1994	Urwa Dutta Pant	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999	Ramesh Lekhak	Nepali Congress
2008	Tekendra Prasad Bhatta	CPN (Maoist)
January 2009	Tekendra Prasad Bhatta	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

Provincial Assembly

3(A)

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

3(B)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Man Bahadur Sunar	CPN (Maoist Centre)
	May 2018	Man Bahadur Sunar	Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ramesh Lekhak	Nepali Congress	30,575	56.46
	Niru Devi Pal	CPN (UML)	18,485	34.13
	Krishna Luhar	Rastriya Swatantra Party	2,031	3.75
	Deepak Bahadur Singh	Independent	1,145	2.11
	Others		1,921	3.55
Total			54,157	100.00

Majority			12,090
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: ^[2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

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

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

3(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Prakash Rawal	12,817
	Nepali Congress	Yagya Raj Joshi	12,754
	Others		565
Invalid votes			1,224
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

3(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Man Bahadur Sunar	13,700
	Nepali Congress	Bel Bahadur Rana Magar	13,539
	Others		759
Invalid votes			1,306
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

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

2008 Constituent Assembly election

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

1999 legislative elections

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]

1994 legislative elections

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]

References

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^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
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