# Kapilvastu 3 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Kapilvastu 3 incorporates Bijayanagar Rural Municipality, Shivaraj Municipality, Krishnanagar Municipality, and wards 5–7 of Maharajgunj Municipality

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
* Kapilvastu 3(A)
* Kapilvastu 3(B)

## Members of Parliament
### Parliament/Constituent Assembly

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Bishnu Raj Acharya | Nepali Congress |
| 1999 | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party |
| April 2017 | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal |
| 2017 | Abhishek Pratap Shah | Nepali Congress |
| 2022 | Mangal Prasad GuptaSeraj Ahmad farooqui | CPN (UML) |

### Provincial Assembly
## Election results
### Election in the 2020s
#### 2022 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Mangal Prasad Gupta | CPN (UML) | 22,619 | 31.08 |
| | Abhishek Pratap Shah | Nepali Congress | 18,983 | 26.08 |
| | Prakash Rajairiya | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 14,030 | 19.28 |
| | Ishwar Dayal Mishra | People's Progressive Party | 12,557 | 17.25 |
| | Narsingh Chaudhary | Janamat Party | 2,245 | 3.08 |
| | Deepak Belbase | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 1,056 | 1.45 |
| | Others | | 1,284 | 1.76 |
| Total | Total | Total | 72,774 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,636 | |
| | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: |||||

### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Abhishek Pratap Shah | 20,001 |
| | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Mangal Prasad Gupta | 15,826 |
| | People's Progressive Party | Ishwar Dayal Mishra | 14,330 |
| | Bahujan Shakti Party | Ehsan Ahmed Khan | 4,999 |
| | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Nar Singh Chaudhary | 4,987 |
| | Nepal Federal Socialist Party | Mangal Prasad Chaudhary | 1,073 |
| | Others | Others | 2,421 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 5,265 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | 9,225 |
| | Nepali Congress | Sudhakar Pandaya | 8,991 |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Kedar Prasad Chaudhary | 2,333 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Babu Ram Khanal | 2,077 |
| | Terai Madhesh Sadbhavana Party Nepal | Haram Sharif Musalman | 1,947 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Bijaya Laxmi Singh | 1,660 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Satya Narayan Tripathi | 1,640 |
| | Sadbhavana Party | Gayadin Kurmi | 1,321 |
| | Dalit Janajati Party | Santosh Harijan | 1,225 |
| | Others | Others | 2,798 |
| Result | Result | TMLP hold | TMLP hold |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

### Election in the 2000s
#### 2008 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | 18,126 |
| | Nepali Congress | Sudhakar Pandaya | 5,944 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Megh Raj Gyawali | 5,930 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Narayan Bahadur Singh | 1,606 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Nazma Khatun | 1,444 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Azad Ahmed Darji | 1,000 |
| | Others | | 3,167 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,717 |
| Result | Result | TMLP gain | TMLP gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

### Election in the 1990s
#### 1999 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | 12,261 |
| | Independent | Surendra Raj Acharya | 8,759 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Hari Narayan Rajauriya | 7,927 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Akbal Ahmed Sah | 6,418 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bal Ram Adhikari | 5,663 |
| | Nepal Sadbhavana Party | Amrita Devi Agrahari | 2,891 |
| | Others | Others | 1,342 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,384 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Bishnu Raj Acharya | 15,698 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Hari Narayan Rajauriya | 12,019 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Akbal Ahmed Sah | 5,835 |
| | Nepal Sadbhavana Party | Narsingh Chaudhary | 1,536 |
| | Independent | Rupesh Shrestha | 1,371 |
| | Others | Others | 376 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Bishnu Raj Acharya | 13,681 |
| | Nepal Sadbhavana Party | | 4,510 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||