Jhapa 3 (constituency)

Jhapa 3
Parliamentary constituency
Jhapa 3 in Province No. 1
Province	Province No. 1
District	Jhapa District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Member of Parliament	Rajendra Prasad Lingden
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Basanta Kumar Baniya
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Purna Prasad Rajbansi

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

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 Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

• Jhapa 3(A)
• Jhapa 3(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Radha Krishna Mainali	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Devi Prasad Ojha
	1999	Narendra Bikram Nemwang	Nepali Congress
	2008	Purna Prasad Rajbanshi	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	Nepali Congress
	2017	Rajendra Prasad Lingden	Rastriya Prajatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

3(A) Election Member Party 2017 Basanta Kumar Baniya CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

3(B) Election Member Party 2017 Purna Prasad Rajbansi CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Maoist Centre)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rajendra Prasad Lingden	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	40,662	47.95
	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	Nepali Congress	37,386	44.08
	Prakash Pathak	Rastriya Swatantra Party	3,461	4.08
	Others		3,299	3.89
Total			84,808	100.00
Majority			3,276
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

3(A) Candidate Party Votes % Bhumi Prasad Rajbanshi Nepali Congress 20,770 47.85 Bashant Kumar Baniya CPN (UML) 19,701 45.38 Madanhang Tawa Mongol National Organisation 1,017 2.34 Others 1,922 4.43 Total 43,410 100.00 Majority 1,069 Nepali Congress Source: [2]

3(B) Candidate Party Votes % Chhabilal Chudal CPN (UML) 19,875 47.09 Purna Prasad Rjbanshi CPN (Maoist Centre) 13,833 32.78 Man Prakash Sangraula Hamro Nepali Party 2,906 6.89 Yam Kumar Shrestha Mongol National Organisation 1,535 3.64 Dhurba Kumar Shrestha People's Socialist Party 913 2.16 Navaraj Kharel CPN (Marxist–Leninist) 861 2.04 Thir Bahadur Khawas Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch 787 1.86 Pradeep Kumar Rajbanshi Janamat Party 765 1.81 Others 729 1.73 Total 42,204 100.00 Majority 6,042 CPN (UML) Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Rajendra Prasad Lingden	44,614
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	31,171
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Navaraj Kharel	1,306
	Others		1,841
Invalid votes			4,312
Result		RPP gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

3(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Basanta Kumar Baniya 22,553 Nepali Congress Bhumi Prasad Rajbanshi 17,005 Others 1,392 Invalid votes 1,312 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

3(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Purna Prasad Rajbanshi 22,065 Nepali Congress Bhagirath Kumar Poddar 14,735 Others 2,527 Invalid votes 1,527 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	14,355
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Rajendra Prasad Lingden	9,253
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Basanta Kumar Baniya	6,462
	UCPN (Maoist)	Dharma Shila Chapagain	6,217
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Bharatendu Kumar Mallik	3,798
	Federal Socialist Party, Nepal	Bijay Kumar Gurung	1,358
	Others		2,291
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Purna Prasad Rajbanshi	16,685
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	14,049
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Pushpa Raj Pokharel	9,654
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Navaraj Kharel	2,236
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Gopal Bahadur Ghimire	1,141
	Others		3,002
Invalid votes			2,649
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Narendra Bikram Nemwang	21,030
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bishnu Prasad Prasai	17,657
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Puspa Raj Pokharel	8,219
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Kalyan Khadka	1,211
	Independent	Shanti Lal Dhimal	1,098
	Others		2,075
Invalid Votes			1,569
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Devi Prasad Ojha	16,674
	Nepali Congress	Gopal Kumar Basnet	13,614
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Chandra Dangi	4,125
	Others		2,951
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Radha Krishna Mainali	20,050
	Nepali Congress	Chakra Prasad Bastola	13,721
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: [1]

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

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.

External links

• Constituency map of Jhapa