# Sarlahi 3 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Sarlahi 3 incorporates Hairwan Municipality, Bagmati Municipality, Chakraghatta Rural Municipality, ward 1 of Haripur Municipality, wards 5–12 and 16–18 of Barahathawa Municipality, wards 3–6 of Kabilasi Municipality and wards 4–6 of Basbariya Rural Municipality.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 2 Provincial Assembly segment
* Sarlahi 3(A)
* Sarlahi 3(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Ram Hari Joshi | Nepali Congress |
| 1999 | Ram Chandra Raya | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
| 2008 | Sumitra Devi Raya Yadav | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party |
| December 2010 | Sumitra Devi Raya Yadav | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Nepal |
| 2013 | Hari Prasad Upreti | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2017 | Rameshwar Raya Yadav | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| May 2018 | Rameshwar Raya Yadav | Nepal Communist Party |
| 2022 | Hari Prasad Upreti | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Hari Prasad Upreti | CPN (UML) | 32,938 | 42.67 |
| | Narendra Sah Kalwar | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 32,168 | 41.67 |
| | Tribhuwan Kumar Singh | Janamat Party | 5,519 | 7.15 |
| | Pancha Bahadur Singtan | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 3,566 | 4.62 |
| | Raj Kumar Paswan | Bahujan Ekata Party Nepal | 1,115 | 1.44 |
| | Others | | 1,893 | 2.45 |
| Total | Total | Total | 77,199 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 770 | |
| | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: |||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Rameshwar Raya Yadav | 22,367 |
| | Nepali Congress | Haresh Prasad Mahato | 14,929 |
| | Independent | Narendra Sah Kalwar | 12,086 |
| | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Ashok Kumar Singh | 10,834 |
| | Patriotic People's Republican Front Nepal | Bidur Prasad Kharel | 1,036 |
| | Others | Others | 2,455 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,623 |
| Result | Result | Maoist Centre gain | Maoist Centre gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Hari Prasad Upreti | 12,808 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Bharat Kumar Thapa | 9,101 |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Ashok Kumar Singh | 5,059 |
| | Nepali Congress | Mina Pandey | 4,288 |
| | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Rambabu Raya Yadav | 3,502 |
| | Terai Madhesh Sadbhavna Party | Kiran Kumari Raya Yadav | 2,095 |
| | Sadbhavana Party | Baliram Chaudhary | 1,252 |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Rambali Raya | 1,233 |
| | Others | Others | 3,265 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Sumitra Devi Raya Yadav | 11,868 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Hari Prasad Upreti | 10,587 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Kedar Bahadur Khatri | 7,015 |
| | Nepali Congress | Hares Prasad Mahato | 5,043 |
| | Sadbhavana Party | Vaidya Nath Mahato Koiri | 5,039 |
| | Dalit Janajati Party | Raja Ram Paswan | 2,829 |
| | Janamorcha Nepal | Achyutam Prasad Kafle | 2,672 |
| | Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party Nepal | Aita Singh Dimdum | 1,933 |
| | CPN (Unified) | Chitra Bahadur Ale Magar | 1,018 |
| | Others | | 4,292 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,414 |
| Result | Result | TMLP gain | TMLP gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Ram Chandra Raya | 14,321 |
| | Nepali Congress | Ram Hari Joshi | 11,967 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Ram Bishwas Raya | 8,713 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mohammad Rizwan Ansari | 8,325 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Chandra Prasad Chaudhary | 1,739 |
| | Others | Others | 1,606 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,368 |
| Result | Result | RPP gain | RPP gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Ram Hari Joshi | 11,286 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Ram Bishwas Raya | 8,727 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Ram Chandra Raya | 7,477 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Mohammad Rizwan Ansari | 5,755 |
| | Independent | Ratna Ranjitkar | 4,842 |
| | Independent | K. Dev Yadav | 2,307 |
| | Independent | Jangi Lal Raya | 2,056 |
| | Others | Others | 174 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Ram Hari Joshi | 11,741 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Ram Bishwas Raya | 9,223 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||