Dhanusha 3 (constituency)

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

Dhanusha 3
Parliamentary constituency
Dhanusha 3 in Madhesh Province
Province	Madhesh Province
District	Dhanusha District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Member of Parliament	Vacant
Madhesh Province MPA 3(A)	Ram Saroj Yadav (NC)
Madhesh Province MPA 3(B)	Parmeshwor Sah Sudi (PSP-N)

Dhanusha 3 is one of the constituency of national importance in Nepal.^[2][3][4] Due to presence of some projects of national recognition like Rajarshi Janak University, ADB urban development project, Janakpur-Jatahi-Ayodhya 6 lane and Janakpur-Jaynagar railway this constituency is taken as the pocket area of Nepali Congress in regard to development.^[5][6][7][8]

Incorporated areas

Dhanusha 3 incorporates Mukhiyapati Musharniya Rural Municipality, Nagarain Municipality, Dhanauj Rural Municipality, wards 9 of Bideha Municipality and wards 1–8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 20 and 23–25 of Janakpur Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Madhesh Provincial Assembly segment

• Dhanusha 3(A)
• Dhanusha 3(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	Nepali Congress
	2008	Bimalendra Nidhi	Nepali Congress
	2013
	2017	Rajendra Mahato	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
	2022	Julie Kumari Mahato	CPN (UML)

Provincial Assembly

3(A) Election Member Party 2017 Ram Saroj Yadav Nepali Congress

3(B) Election Member Party 2017 Parmeshwor Sah Sudi Rastriya Janata Party Nepal April 2020 People's Socialist Party, Nepal August 2021 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Julie Kumari Mahato	CPN (UML)	33,388	49.18
	Anil Kumar Jha	Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal	23,686	34.89
	Shambhu Nath Sah	Janamat Party	7,374	10.86
	Others		3,445	5.07
Total			67,893	100.00
Majority			9,702
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: [9]

2022 Nepalese provincial elections

3(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Ram Saroj Yadav CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal Others Invalid votes Result Source: Election Commission

3(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Hari Shankar Sah Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Others Invalid votes Result Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Janata Party Nepal	Rajendra Mahato	30,750
	Nepali Congress	Bimalendra Nidhi	27,847
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Ram Singh Yadav	2,346
	Others		1,300
Invalid votes			2,930
Result		RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

3(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Ram Saroj Yadav 15,685 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Kavindra Nath Thakur 14,047 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Dipendra Kumar Yadav 4,945 Others 491 Invalid votes 1,556 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

3(B) Party Candidate Votes Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Parmeshwor Sah Sudi 15,293 Nepali Congress Shyam Prasad Sah 10,472 Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Kameshwar Prasad Mahato 1,070 Others 598 Invalid votes 899 Result RJPN gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bimalendra Nidhi	15,031
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Juli Kumari Mahato	13,539
	UCPN (Maoist)	Haridev Mandal	2,523
	Others		5,065
Result		Congress hold
Source: NepalNews[10]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bimalendra Nidhi	15,582
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Haridev Mandal	9,936
	Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party	Amresh Narayan Jha	6,909
	Independent	Sadhu Yadav	2,007
	CPN (Maoist)	Sobhit Yadav	1,311
	Others		3,114
Invalid votes			3,007
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[11]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	15,026
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Hem Bahadur Malla	13,736
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Anand Yadav	10,256
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Raghubir Mahaseth	9,974
	Others		3,272
Invalid Votes			1,301
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[12][13]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	17,429
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bhola Prasad Shah	15,133
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Hem Bahadur Malla	12,937
	Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal	Dinesh Bharati	1,008
	Others		1,886
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[12]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Ananda Prasad Dhungana	20,877
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ishwar Pokhrel	14,311
Result		Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

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External links

• Constituency map of Dhanusha