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
Province	Province No. 1
District	Sunsari District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	UML
Member of Parliament	Bhagwati Chaudhary
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Lilam Basnet, NCP (UML)
Member of the Provincial Assembly	Agam 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

3(A) Election Member Party 2017 Lilam Basnet CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

3(B) Election Member Party 2017 Agam Lal Chaudhary Nepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bhagwati Chaudhary	CPN (UML)	40,788	46.82
	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar	Nepali Congress	35,600	40.87
	Kamal Babu Mainali	Rastriya Swatantra Party	6,453	7.41
	Kuldeep Chaudhary	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,903	2.18
	Others		2,370	2.72
Total			87,114	100.00
Majority			5,188
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

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

3(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lilam Basnet 19,665 Nepali Congress Kumar Jang Thapa 17,681 Others 1,754 Invalid votes 1,178 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

3(B) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Agam Lal Chaudhary 21,429 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ramdev Yadav 17,568 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Abadh Narayan Yadav 2,417 Others 1,279 Invalid votes 2,034 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

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]

Election in the 2000s

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]

Election in the 1990s

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: [1]

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: [2]

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 Sunsari