# Morang 3 (constituency)

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

## Incorporated areas

Morang 3 incorporates wards 1–4 and 7–10 of Pathari Shanishchare Municipality, wards 4–7 of Kanepokhari Rural Municipality, wards 1–4 and 8–11 of Belbari Municipality and wards 1 and 8–12 of Sundarharaicha Municipality.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment
* Morang 3(A)
* Morang 3(B)

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

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Lal Babu Pandit | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 1994 | Badri Narayan Basnet | Nepali Congress |
| 1999 | Lal Babu Pandit | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2008 | Sabitri Kumar Kafle | CPN (Maoist) |
| January 2009 | Sabitri Kumar Kafle | UCPN (Maoist) |
| 2013 | Gaurav timsina | Nepali Congress |
| 2017 | Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| May 2018 | Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2022 | Sunil Kumar Sharma | Nepali Congress |

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Gaurav timsina | Nepali Congress | 48,631 | 52.74 |
| | Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal | CPN (UML) | 25,895 | 28.09 |
| | Rekha Thapa | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 10,998 | 11.93 |
| | Bikas Upreti | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 3,172 | 3.44 |
| | Bikendra Rai | Mongol National Organisation | 1,520 | 1.65 |
| | Others | | 1,986 | 2.15 |
| Total | Total | Total | 92,202 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22,736 | |
| | 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) | Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal | 42,413 |
| | Nepali Congress | Sunil Kumar Sharma | 40,506 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Uddhim Bahadur Khadka | 1,338 |
| | Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch | Bhawi Raj Limbu | 1,013 |
| | Others | Others | 2,173 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,160 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Dilip Khawas Gachhadar | 12,984 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Guru Prasad Baral | 12,674 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Khem Raj Bhattarai | 6,266 |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Satya Narayan Bhagat Tharu | 4,576 |
| | Federal Socialist Party, Nepal | Minu Rai | 1,956 |
| | Others | Others | 3,124 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Sabitri Kumar Kafle | 15,863 |
| | Nepali Congress | Satya Narayan Bhagat Tharu | 12,626 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Naresh Prasad Pokharel | 10,481 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Kamala Rai | 2,102 |
| | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Bhim Lal Bhagat Tharu | 1,896 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Pakhu Lal Bishwas | 1,198 |
| | Others | | 1,921 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,398 |
| Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Lal Babu Pandit | 16,288 |
| | Nepali Congress | Gopal Man Singh Rajbhandari | 15,589 |
| | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Dilip Kumar Dhadewa | 7,042 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Harendra Bahadur Thapa | 6,939 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Tara Bahadur Kafle | 2,080 |
| | Others | Others | 1,629 |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,589 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Badri Narayan Basnet | 19,821 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Lal Babu Pandit | 14,987 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Janak Bahadur Karki | 4,312 |
| | Others | Others | 1,885 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Lal Babu Pandit | 18,667 |
| | Nepali Congress | Badri Narayan Basnet | 16,670 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: ||||