# Saptari 3 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Saptari 3 incorporates Rupani Rural Municipality, Bishnupur Rural Municipality, Belhi Chapena Rural Municipality, Sambhunath Municipality and Dakneshwari Municipality.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province segment
* Saptari 3(A)
* Saptari 3(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Hari Prasad Raya Amat | Nepali Congress |
| 1994 | Anis Ansari | Nepal Sadbhawana Party |
| 1999 | Renu Kumari Yadav | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
| 2008 | Mahesh Prasad Yadav | Sadbhavana Party |
| 2011 | Mahesh Prasad Yadav | Sangiya Sadbhavana Party |
| 2013 | Umesh Kumar Yadav | UCPN (Maoist) |
| April 2016 | Umesh Kumar Yadav | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| 2017 | Chandra Kanta Chaudhary | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal |
| April 2020 | Chandra Kanta Chaudhary | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
| August 2021 | Chandra Kanta Chaudhary | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal |
| 2022 | Dinesh Kumar Yadav | Nepali Congress |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Dinesh Kumar Yadav | Nepali Congress | 26,166 | 39.16 |
| | Tarakant Chaudhary | CPN (UML) | 22,300 | 33.37 |
| | Anish Ansari | Janamat Party | 15,114 | 22.62 |
| | Others | | 3,246 | 4.86 |
| Total | Total | Total | 66,826 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,866 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: |||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Chandra Kanta Chaudhary | 22,584 |
| | Nepali Congress | Dinesh Kumar Yadav | 19,401 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Tara Kanta Chaudhary | 11,188 |
| | Others | Others | 2,084 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,718 |
| Result | Result | RJPN gain | RJPN gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Umesh Kumar Yadav | 8,746 |
| | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Shailendra Prasad Sah | 6,487 |
| | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Jay Prakash Thakur | 4,553 |
| | Nepali Congress | Ram Kumar Chaudhary | 3,896 |
| | Sadbhavana Party | Anis Ansari | 3,595 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Parmeshwar Sah Teli | 1,081 |
| | Others | Others | 7,283 |
| Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Sadbhavana Party | Mahesh Prasad Yadav | 10,302 |
| | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Anis Ansari | 6,921 |
| | Nepali Congress | Ram Kumar Chaudhary | 6,744 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Umesh Kumar Yadav | 5,513 |
| | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Ra Dular Sah | 3,527 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ranju Thakur | 2,244 |
| | Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal | Purna Prasad Chaudhary | 1,608 |
| | Dalit Janajati Party | Jhabar Ram | 1,436 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Govinda Prasad Singh | 1,386 |
| | Independent | Satya Narayan Mandal | 1,196 |
| | Independent | Ganga Ram Yadav | 1,304 |
| | Others | Others | 4,332 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,267 |
| Result | Result | Sadbhavana gain | Sadbhavana gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Renu Kumari Yadav | 17,231 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Suman Raj Pyakurel | 10,910 |
| | Nepali Congress | Anis Ansari | 10,803 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Surya Narayan Mandal | 10,126 |
| | Others | Others | 2,699 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,914 |
| Result | Result | RPP gain | RPP gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Anis Ansari | 12,743 |
| | Independent | Surya Narayan Mandal | 8,921 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Renu Kumari Yadav | 6,411 |
| | Nepali Congress | Dev Narayan Yadav | 5,431 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Jaya Krishna Goit | 5,367 |
| | Independent | Shiva Prasad Pokharel | 2,590 |
| | Others | Others | 999 |
| Result | Result | NSP gain | NSP gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Hari Prasad Raya Amat | 11,251 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Anis Ansari | 9,932 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: ||||