# Chitwan 3 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Chitwan 3 parliamentary constituency incorporates Madi Municipality and wards 6–9, and 13–28 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment
* Chitwan 3(A)
* Chitwan 3(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Amik Sherchan | Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal |
| 1999 | Dr. Gangadhar Lamsal | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Narayan Prasad Dahal | CPN (Maoist) |
| January 2009 | Narayan Prasad Dahal | UCPN (Maoist) |
| 2013 | Krishna Bhakta Pokharel | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2017 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| May 2018 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| 2022 | Bikram Pandey | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Bikram Pandey | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 35,060 | 39.16 |
| | Bhoj Raj Adhikari | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 25,824 | 28.84 |
| | Jita Baral | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 14,843 | 16.58 |
| | Dinesh Koirala | Independent | 12,275 | 13.71 |
| | Others | | 1,527 | 1.71 |
| Total | Total | Total | 89,529 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,236 | |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party gain | Rastriya Prajatantra Party gain | Rastriya Prajatantra Party gain | Rastriya Prajatantra Party gain |
| Source: |||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Maoist Centre) | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | 48,276 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) | Bikram Pandey | 38,935 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Dambar Shrestha | 1,587 |
| | Others | Others | 1,495 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,520 |
| Result | Result | Maoist Centre gain | Maoist Centre gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Bhakta Pokharel | 15,661 |
| | Nepali Congress | Bhim Bahadur Shrestha | 13,244 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Narayan Prasad Dahal | 9,085 |
| | Others | Others | 2,659 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Narayan Prasad Dahal | 17,804 |
| | Nepali Congress | Maiya Devi Shrestha | 11,802 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Devi Prasad Gyawali | 8,690 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Khem Nath Regmi | 1,901 |
| | Others | Others | 1,650 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,476 |
| Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Dr. Gangadhar Lamsal | 23,265 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Nar Bahadur Khand | 14,499 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Shailendra Kumar Piya | 5,167 |
| | Others | Others | 2,448 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,114 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Dr. Gangadhar Lamsal | 20,327 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Shailendra Kumar Piya | 15,177 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Krishna Kumar Adhikari | 2,205 |
| | Others | Others | 1,016 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal | Amik Sherchan | 22,895 |
| | Nepali Congress | Prithvi Man Gurung | 17,805 |
| Result | Result | SJMN gain | SJMN gain |
| Source: ||||