Jhapa 3 (constituency)

Jhapa 3
Parliamentary constituency
Jhapa 3 in Koshi Province
ProvinceKoshi Province
DistrictJhapa District
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyRastriya Prajatantra Party
Member of ParliamentRajendra Prasad Lingden
Koshi Province
MPA 1(A)		Bhumi Prasad Rajbhandari
(NC)
Koshi Province
MPA 1(B)		Chhabilal Chudal
(UML)

Jhapa 3 (Nepali: झापा ३) is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Jhapa District in Nepal. This constituency 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 Koshi 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

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Rajendra Prasad LingdenRastriya Prajatantra Party40,66247.95
Krishna Prasad SitaulaNepali Congress37,38644.08
Prakash PathakRastriya Swatantra Party3,4614.08
Others3,2993.89
Total84,808100.00
Majority3,276
Rastriya Prajatantra Party hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

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

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]

References

  1. ↑ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "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. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "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.

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