# Kanchanpur 3 (constituency)

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.

## 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

| Election | 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 | Dipak Prakash Bhatta | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Dipak Prakash Bhatta | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2022 | Ramesh Lekhak | Nepali Congress |

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

| Candidate | 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 | Total | Total | 54,157 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,090 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: |||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dipak Prakash Bhatta | 26,364 |
| | Nepali Congress | Ramesh Lekhak | 26,106 |
| | Others | Others | 1,059 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,167 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | 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 | Others | 3,310 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | 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 | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,093 |
| Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | 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 | Others | 1,417 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,463 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | 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 | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||