Morang 3 (constituency)

Morang 3
Parliamentary constituency
Morang 3 in Province No. 1
Province	Province No. 1
District	Morang District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Sunil Kumar Sharma
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Suyarma Raj Rai, NC
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Raj Kumar Ojha, CPN (UML)

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

Incorporated areas

Morang 3 incorporates wards 1–4 and 7–10 of Pathari Shanishchare Municipality, wards 4–7 of Kanepokhari Rural Municipality, wards 1–4 and 8–11 of Belbari Municipality and wards 1 and 8–12 of Sundarharaicha Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment

• Morang 3(A)
• Morang 3(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Lal Babu Pandit	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Badri Narayan Basnet	Nepali Congress
	1999	Lal Babu Pandit	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2008	Sabitri Kumar Kafle	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Gaurav timsina	Nepali Congress
	2017	Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Sunil Kumar Sharma	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

3(A) Election Member Party 2017 Sumarya Raj Rai Nepali Congress

3(B) Election Member Party 2017 Raj Kumar Ojha CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gaurav timsina	Nepali Congress	48,631	52.74
	Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal	CPN (UML)	25,895	28.09
	Rekha Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	10,998	11.93
	Bikas Upreti	Rastriya Swatantra Party	3,172	3.44
	Bikendra Rai	Mongol National Organisation	1,520	1.65
	Others		1,986	2.15
Total			92,202	100.00
Majority			22,736
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal	42,413
	Nepali Congress	Sunil Kumar Sharma	40,506
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Uddhim Bahadur Khadka	1,338
	Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch	Bhawi Raj Limbu	1,013
	Others		2,173
Invalid votes			4,160
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

3(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Sumarya Raj Rai 20,299 CPN (Maoist Centre) Gita Timilsina 19,399 Janasamajbadi Party Nepal Misan Sherpa 1,435 Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch Nanda Bahadur Rai 1,050 Others 944 Invalid votes 1,230 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

3(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Raj Kumar Ojha 22,820 Nepali Congress Lalit Bahadur Shrestha 20,287 Others 1,897 Invalid votes 1,295 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dilip Khawas Gachhadar	12,984
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Guru Prasad Baral	12,674
	UCPN (Maoist)	Khem Raj Bhattarai	6,266
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)	Satya Narayan Bhagat Tharu	4,576
	Federal Socialist Party, Nepal	Minu Rai	1,956
	Others		3,124
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Sabitri Kumar Kafle	15,863
	Nepali Congress	Satya Narayan Bhagat Tharu	12,626
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Naresh Prasad Pokharel	10,481
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Kamala Rai	2,102
	Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Bhim Lal Bhagat Tharu	1,896
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Pakhu Lal Bishwas	1,198
	Others		1,921
Invalid votes			3,398
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Lal Babu Pandit	16,288
	Nepali Congress	Gopal Man Singh Rajbhandari	15,589
	Nepal Sadbhawana Party	Dilip Kumar Dhadewa	7,042
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Harendra Bahadur Thapa	6,939
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Tara Bahadur Kafle	2,080
	Others		1,629
Invalid Votes			1,589
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Badri Narayan Basnet	19,821
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Lal Babu Pandit	14,987
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Janak Bahadur Karki	4,312
	Others		1,885
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Lal Babu Pandit	18,667
	Nepali Congress	Badri Narayan Basnet	16,670
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 Morang