# Kathmandu 3 (constituency)

Kathmandu 3 is one of 10 parliamentary constituencies of Kathmandu District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.

## Incorporated areas

Kathmandu 3 parliamentary constituency consists of Gokarneshwar Municipality, wards 1, 2 and 3 of Kageshwari-Manohara Municipality and ward 6 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

## Assembly segments

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

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Padma Ratna Tuladhar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1994 | Man Mohan Adhikari | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2008 | Chakra Bahadur Thakuri | Nepali Congress |
| 2013 | Rameshwor Phuyal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2017 | Krishna Bahadur Rai | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| May 2018 | Krishna Bahadur Rai | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Krishna Bahadur Rai | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2022 | Santosh Chalise | Nepali Congress |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Santosh Chalise | Nepali Congress | 15,158 | 40.62 |
| | Krishna Bahadur Rai | CPN (UML) | 11,196 | 30.00 |
| | Durga Bikram Thapa Kshetri | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 5,865 | 15.72 |
| | Ganesh Giri | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 2,511 | 6.73 |
| | Others | | 2,589 | 6.94 |
| Total | Total | Total | 37,319 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,962 | |
| | 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) | Krishna Bahadur Rai | 19,169 |
| | Nepali Congress | Ambika Basnet | 14,884 |
| | Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Sumitra Singh Lama | 2,205 |
| | Others | Others | 1,259 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,486 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rameshwor Phuyal | 13,104 |
| | Nepali Congress | Chakra Bahadur Thakuri | 12,246 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Ganesh Prasad Regmi | 4,838 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Mira Rana | 1,839 |
| | Federal Socialist Party, Nepal | Aang Kaji Sherpa | 1,799 |
| | Others | Others | 1,706 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Chakra Bahadur Thakuri | 12,966 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rameshwor Phuyal | 9,549 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Manu Humagain | 7,371 |
| | Others | Others | 2,498 |
| | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,457 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ishwar Pokhrel | 15,965 |
| | Nepali Congress | Chiranjibi Nidhi Tiwari | 14,552 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Sundar Malla | 2,829 |
| | Others | Others | 2,347 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 815 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Man Mohan Adhikari | 15,642 |
| | Nepali Congress | Prakash Man Singh | 11,378 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Jaya Kumar Khadka | 4,453 |
| | Rastriya Jana Parishad | Kirti Nidhi Bista | 1,180 |
| | Others | Others | 755 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Padma Ratna Tuladhar | 26,480 |
| | Nepali Congress | Mangala Devi Singh | 20,115 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: ||||