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
ProvinceMadhesh Province
DistrictDhanusha District
Current constituency
Created1991
Member of ParliamentVacant
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

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Julie Kumari MahatoCPN (UML)33,38849.18
Anil Kumar JhaLoktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal23,68634.89
Shambhu Nath SahJanamat Party7,37410.86
Others3,4455.07
Total67,893100.00
Majority9,702
CPN (UML) gain
Source: [9]

2022 Nepalese provincial elections

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

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

References

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