# Kaski 3 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Kaski 3 incorporates Annapurna Rural Municipality, Machhapuchchhre Rural Municipality and wards 1–3, 5, 6, 18, 19 and 22–25 of Pokhara Metropolitan City.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment
* Kaski 3(A)
* Kaski 3(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Somnath Adhikari Pyasi | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1994 | Krishna Bahadur Gurung | Nepali Congress |
| 1999 | Prakash Bahadur Gurung | Nepali Congress |
| 2008 | Rabindra Prasad Adhikari | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2017 | Jagat Bahadur Sunar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| May 2018 | Jagat Bahadur Sunar | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Jagat Bahadur Sunar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2022 | Damodar Paudel Bairagi | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Damodar Paudel Bairagi | CPN (UML) | 22,980 | 39.59 |
| | Ramji Prasad Baral | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 17,535 | 30.21 |
| | Yog Raj Paudel | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 12,180 | 20.98 |
| | Jagat Prasad Subedi | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 2,442 | 4.21 |
| | Others | | 2,914 | 5.02 |
| Total | Total | Total | 58,051 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,445 | |
| | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: |||||

#### 2022 provincial election
### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Jagat Bahadur Sunar | 32,690 |
| | Nepali Congress | Shukra Raj Sharma | 24,304 |
| | Others | Others | 2,702 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,139 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rabindra Prasad Adhikari | 13,110 |
| | Nepali Congress | Sobhiyat Bahadur Adhikari | 10,808 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Ramji Prasad Baral | 4,431 |
| | 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 (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rabindra Prasad Adhikari | 13,386 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Jhalak Pani Tiwari | 10,926 |
| | Nepali Congress | Binda Devi Rana Magar | 9,041 |
| | Others | | 3,416 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,240 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Prakash Bahadur Gurung | 18,739 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Somnath Adhikari Pyasi | 16,091 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Chandra Man Gurung | 4,374 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Mina Raj Paudel | 1,406 |
| | Others | Others | 685 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 832 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Krishna Bahadur Gurung | 14,980 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Somnath Adhikari Pyasi | 14,831 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Chandra Man Gurung | 6,430 |
| | Others | Others | 252 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Somnath Adhikari Pyasi | 17,818 |
| | Nepali Congress | | 16,253 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: ||||