Jhapa 3 (constituency)

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

 Incorporated areas 
Jhapa 3 incorporates Kachankawal Rural Municipality, Haldibari Rural Municipality, Barhadashi Rural Municipality, ward 10 of Birtamod Municipality and wards 1–8 of Bhadrapur Municipality.

 Assembly segments 
It encompasses the following Koshi Provincial Assembly  segment

 Jhapa 3(A)
 Jhapa 3(B)

 Members of Parliament 

 Parliament/Constituent Assembly 
ElectionMemberParty1991Radha Krishna MainaliCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)1994Devi Prasad Ojha1999Narendra Bikram NemwangNepali Congress2008Purna Prasad RajbanshiCPN (Maoist)January 2009UCPN (Maoist)2013Krishna Prasad SitaulaNepali Congress2017Rajendra Prasad LingdenRastriya Prajatantra Party

 Provincial Assembly 

 3(A) 
ElectionMemberParty2017Basanta Kumar BaniyaCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

 3(B) 
ElectionMemberParty2017Purna Prasad RajbansiCPN (Maoist Centre)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Maoist Centre)

 Election results 

 Election in the 2020s 

 2022 general election 

 2022 provincial election 

3(A)

3(B)

 Election in the 2010s 

 2017 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesRastriya Prajatantra PartyRajendra Prasad Lingden44,614Nepali CongressKrishna Prasad Sitaula31,171CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Navaraj Kharel1,306Others1,841Invalid votes4,312ResultRPP gainSource: Election Commission

 2017 Nepalese provincial elections 

 3(A) 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Basanta Kumar Baniya22,553Nepali CongressBhumi Prasad Rajbanshi17,005Others1,392Invalid votes1,312ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

 3(B) 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist Centre)Purna Prasad Rajbanshi22,065Nepali CongressBhagirath Kumar Poddar14,735Others2,527Invalid votes1,527ResultMaoist Centre gainSource: Election Commission

 2013 Constituent Assembly election 
PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressKrishna Prasad Sitaula14,355Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalRajendra Prasad Lingden9,253CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Basanta Kumar Baniya6,462UCPN (Maoist)Dharma Shila Chapagain6,217Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)Bharatendu Kumar Mallik3,798Federal Socialist Party, NepalBijay Kumar Gurung1,358Others2,291ResultCongress gainSource: NepalNews

 Election in the 2000s 

 2008 Constituent Assembly election 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Purna Prasad Rajbanshi16,685Nepali CongressKrishna Prasad Sitaula14,049CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Pushpa Raj Pokharel9,654CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Navaraj Kharel2,236Rastriya Prajatantra PartyGopal Bahadur Ghimire1,141Others3,002Invalid votes2,649ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission

 Election in the 1990s 

 1999 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressNarendra Bikram Limbu21,030CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bishnu Prasad Prasai17,657CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Puspa Raj Pokharel8,219Rastriya Prajatantra PartyKalyan Khadka1,211IndependentShanti Lal Dhimal1,098Others2,075Invalid Votes1,569ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission

 1994 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Devi Prasad Ojha16,674Nepali CongressGopal Kumar Basnet13,614Rastriya Prajatantra PartyChandra Dangi4,125Others2,951ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission

 1991 legislative elections 
PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Radha Krishna Mainali20,050Nepali CongressChakra Prasad Bastola13,721ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: 

 Related pages 
 List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

 References 

 Other websites 
 Constituency map of Jhapa

Category:Parliamentary constituencies of Nepal