Sunsari 3 (constituency)

Sunsari 3 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Sunsari District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

Sunsari 3
Parliamentary constituency
Sunsari 3 in Province No. 1
ProvinceProvince No. 1
DistrictSunsari District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepali Congress
Member of ParliamentBijay Kumar Gachhadar
Member of the Provincial AssemblyLilam Basnet, NCP (UML)
Member of the Provincial AssemblyAgam Lal Chaudhary, NC

Incorporated areas

Sunsari 3 incorporates Gadhi Rural Municipality, Barju Rural Municipality, Duhabi Municipality, ward 7 of Inaruwa Municipality and wards 6–15 of Itahari Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

  • Sunsari 3(A)
  • Sunsari 3(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Girija Prasad Koirala Nepali Congress
1992 by-election Prakash Koirala
1994 Laxman Prasad Mehta
2008 Bijay Kumar Gachhadar Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal
June 2009 Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
April 2017 Nepal Loktantrik Forum
2017 Nepali Congress
2022 Bhagwati Chaudhary CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Bhagwati ChaudharyCPN (UML)40,78846.82
Bijay Kumar GachhadarNepali Congress35,60040.87
Kamal Babu MainaliRastriya Swatantra Party6,4537.41
Kuldeep ChaudharyRastriya Prajatantra Party1,9032.18
Others2,3702.72
Total87,114100.00
Majority5,188
CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bijay Kumar Gachhadar 38,972
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhagwati Chaudhary 38,651
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Padma Kumar Adhikari 1,854
Independent Mohammad Nasiruddin Miya 1,063
Others 839
Invalid votes 3,655
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Bijay Kumar Gachhadar 17,524
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bhagwati Chaudhary 17,162
Nepali Congress Goma Kumari Parajuli (Ansari) 7,865
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Ranjit Gosai 2,435
UCPN (Maoist) Haider Ali Miya 1,099
Others 3,482
Result MJFN (D) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Bijay Kumar Gachhadar 23,769
Nepali Congress Agam Lal Chuadhary 10,806
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Shri Kumari Tharuni 5,723
CPN (Maoist) Ram Kumari Chaudhary 5,071
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Lal Das Tharu 1,194
Rastriya Janamukti Party Sajjan Rishidev 1,191
Others 3,821
Invalid votes 3,071
Result MJFN gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Laxman Prasad Mehta 19,654
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Narendra Kumar Chaudhary 17,668
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Fani Lal Chaudhary 5,843
Others 3,022
Invalid Votes 2,121
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Laxman Prasad Mehta 16,341
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dharma Raj Niraula 12,081
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Narendra Kumar Chaudhary 9,565
Independent Jay Hari Sharma 1,551
Others 2,398
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1992 by-elections

Party Candidate
Nepali Congress Prakash Koirala
Result Congress hold
Source:

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala 27,469
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prabhu Narayan Chaudhary 18,023
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

References

  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  3. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  6. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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