Kapilvastu 3 (constituency)

Kapilvastu 3
Parliamentary constituency
Kapilvastu 3 in Lumbini Province
ProvinceLumbini Province
DistrictKapilvastu District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyCPN (UML)
Member of ParliamentMangal Prasad Gupta

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

Incorporated areas

Kapilvastu 3 incorporates Bijayanagar Rural Municipality, Shivaraj Municipality, Krishnanagar Municipality, and wards 5–7 of Maharajgunj Municipality

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

  • Kapilvastu 3(A)
  • Kapilvastu 3(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Bishnu Raj Acharya Nepali Congress
1999 Birendra Kumar Kanudiya
2008 Brijesh Kumar Gupta Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party
April 2017 Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
2017 Abhishek Pratap Shah Nepali Congress
2022 Mangal Prasad GuptaSeraj Ahmad farooqui CPN (UML)

Provincial Assembly

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mangal Prasad GuptaCPN (UML)22,61931.08
Abhishek Pratap ShahNepali Congress18,98326.08
Prakash RajairiyaRastriya Prajatantra Party14,03019.28
Ishwar Dayal MishraPeople's Progressive Party12,55717.25
Narsingh ChaudharyJanamat Party2,2453.08
Deepak BelbaseRastriya Swatantra Party1,0561.45
Others1,2841.76
Total72,774100.00
Majority3,636
CPN (UML) gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Abhishek Pratap Shah 20,001
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Mangal Prasad Gupta 15,826
People's Progressive Party Ishwar Dayal Mishra 14,330
Bahujan Shakti Party Ehsan Ahmed Khan 4,999
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Nar Singh Chaudhary 4,987
Nepal Federal Socialist Party Mangal Prasad Chaudhary 1,073
Others 2,421
Invalid votes 5,265
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Brijesh Kumar Gupta 9,225
Nepali Congress Sudhakar Pandaya 8,991
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Kedar Prasad Chaudhary 2,333
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Babu Ram Khanal 2,077
Terai Madhesh Sadbhavana Party Nepal Haram Sharif Musalman 1,947
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Bijaya Laxmi Singh 1,660
UCPN (Maoist) Satya Narayan Tripathi 1,640
Sadbhavana Party Gayadin Kurmi 1,321
Dalit Janajati Party Santosh Harijan 1,225
Others 2,798
Result TMLP hold
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Brijesh Kumar Gupta 18,126
Nepali Congress Sudhakar Pandaya 5,944
CPN (Maoist) Megh Raj Gyawali 5,930
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Narayan Bahadur Singh 1,606
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nazma Khatun 1,444
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Azad Ahmed Darji 1,000
Others 3,167
Invalid votes 2,717
Result TMLP gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Birendra Kumar Kanudiya 12,261
Independent Surendra Raj Acharya 8,759
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) Hari Narayan Rajauriya 7,927
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Akbal Ahmed Sah 6,418
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bal Ram Adhikari 5,663
Nepal Sadbhavana Party Amrita Devi Agrahari 2,891
Others 1,342
Invalid votes 1,384
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bishnu Raj Acharya 15,698
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Hari Narayan Rajauriya 12,019
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Akbal Ahmed Sah 5,835
Nepal Sadbhavana Party Narsingh Chaudhary 1,536
Independent Rupesh Shrestha 1,371
Others 376
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bishnu Raj Acharya 13,681
Nepal Sadbhavana Party 4,510
Result Congress gain
Source: [1]

See also

References

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  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. ^ a b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
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