Lalitpur 3 (constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in Nepal}}

{{Infobox constituency|name=Lalitpur 3|type=Parliamentary|constituency_link=|parl_name=House of Representatives|map1=|map2=|map3=|map4=|map_size=300|map_entity=|map_year=2017|image=Lalitpur3PratinidhiSabha.svg|image2=Lalitpur3PradeshSabha.png|image3=|image4=|caption=Lalitpur 3 in Bagmati Province|caption2=Assembly segments Lalitpur 3(A) (red) and Lalitpur 3(B) (blue) within Lalitpur District|caption3=|caption4=|district_label=Province|district=Bagmati Province|region_label=District|region=Lalitpur District|population=|electorate=86,439|towns=|future=|year=1991|abolished_label=|abolished=|elects_howmany=|seats=|party_label=|party=|members_label=MP|members=Toshima Karki (RSP)|local_council_label=|local_council=|previous=|next=|blank1_name=Bagmati MPA 3(A)|blank1_info=Raghu Nath Maharjan (NCP)|blank2_name=Bagmati MPA 3(B)|blank2_info=Prem Bhakta Maharjan (NCP)|blank3_name=|blank3_info=|blank4_name=|blank4_info=}}Lalitpur 3 is one of three parliamentary constituencies of Lalitpur District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.{{Cite news|title=CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies|language=en|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-08-31/cdc-submits-its-report-with-165-electoral-constituencies.html|access-date=2018-04-25}}

Incorporated areas

Lalitpur 3 parliamentary constituency consists of wards 1-5,10,13,14,15,18 and 20-29 of Lalitpur Metropolitan City and ward 12 and 14 of Godawari Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Provincial Assembly segment

  • Lalitpur 3(A)
  • Lalitpur 3(B)

Members of Parliament

= [[Federal Parliament of Nepal|Parliament/Constituent Assembly]] =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

style="background-color:firebrick" |

|1991

|Lila Mani Pokharel

|Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |

|1994

|Raghuji Pant

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

rowspan="2" style="background-color:darkred" |

|2008

| rowspan="2" |Pampha Bhusal

|CPN (Maoist)

January 2009

|UCPN (Maoist)

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|2013

|Madan Bahadur Amatya

|Nepali Congress

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|2017

| rowspan="3" |Pampha Bhusal

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

|March 2021

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

|2022

|Toshima Karki

|Rastriya Swatantra Party

= [[Provincial Assembly (Nepal)|Provincial Assembly]] =

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{{Col-2}}

== 3(A) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|2017

| rowspan="2" |Raj Kaji Maharjan

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

{{Col-2}}

== 3(B) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|2017

| rowspan="2" |Jeevan Khadka

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

{{Col-end}}

Election results

= Election in the 2020s =

== 2022 general election ==

{{Election results|cand1=Toshima Karki|party1=Rastriya Swatantra Party|votes1=31136|cand2=Amrit Khadka|party2=CPN (UML)|votes2=12963|cand3=Pampha Bhusal|party3=CPN (Maoist Centre)|votes3=8769|cand4=Niranjan Thapa|party4=Rastriya Prajatantra Party|votes4=2130|cand5=Rajaram Tandukar|party5=Hamro Nepali Party|votes5=1554|cand6=Others|votes6=1593|invalid=|electorate=|result=Rastriya Swatantra Party gain|majority=18173|source={{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral2079.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}}}

= Election in the 2010s =

== [[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 legislative elections]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

|Pampha Bhusal

|24,036

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Madan Bahadur Amatya

|22,328

style="background-color:midnightblue" |

|Bibeksheel Sajha Party

|Ujwal Lal Shrestha

|7,628

style="background-color:indianred" |

|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|Ram Prasad Bhatta

|2,121

| colspan="2" |Others

|3,101

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|2,060

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Maoist Centre gain

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

== [[2017 Nepalese provincial elections]] ==

{{Col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

=== 3(A) ===

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |

|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)

|Raj Kaji Maharjan

|14,626

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Nawaraj Mahat

|10,185

style="background-color:midnightblue" |

|Bibeksheel Sajha Party

|Ramesh Kumar Basnet

|3,509

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Sabin Kumar Khadka

|1,031

| colspan="2" |Others

|1,862

colspan="3"|Invalid votes

|776

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Maoist Centre gain

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

{{Col-2}}

=== 3(B) ===

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Jeevan Khadka

|11,701

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Shiva Ram Baniya

|8,693

style="background-color:midnightblue" |

|Bibeksheel Sajha Party

|Suresh Raj Shakya

|4,268

| colspan="2" |Others

|2,375

colspan="3"|Invalid votes

|704

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN UML) gain

colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]

{{Col-end}}

== [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 Constituent Assembly election]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Madan Bahadur Amatya

|23,566

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Raghuji Pant

|12,308

style="background-color:darkred" |

|UCPN (Maoist)

|Dinesh Maharjan

|11,441

style="background-color:orange" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

|Babu Kaji Pradhan

|6,867

style="background-color:pink" |

|Federal Socialist Party, Nepal

|Nhuchhelal Maharjan

|1,287

| colspan="2" |Others

|3,691

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress gain

colspan="4" |Source: NepalNews{{Cite web|date=2015-03-25|title=Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens|url=http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/Lalitpur.php#top|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/Lalitpur.php#top|archive-date=2015-03-25}}

= Election in the 2000s =

== [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008 Constituent Assembly election]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:darkred" |

|CPN (Maoist)

|Pampha Bhusal

|18,930

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Raghuji Pant

|10,632

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Mohan Shyam Paudel

|10,251

style="background-color:khaki" |

|Rastriya Janashakti Party

|Keshar Bahadur Bista

|5,117

style="background-color:darksalmon" |

|Janamorcha Nepal

|Dipendra Shrestha

|3,212

style="background-color:tomato" |

|Nepa Rastriy Party

|Dhan Bhakta Shakya

|1,262

style="background-color:indianred" |

|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|Madhu Kumar Chalise

|1,198

|Others

|

|3,898

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|2,097

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Maoist gain

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03}}

= Election in the 1990s =

== [[1999 Nepalese legislative election|1999 legislative elections]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Raghuji Pant

|15,570

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Kamala Maskey

|12,240

style="background-color:firebrick" |

|Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal

|Shashi Pokhrel Shrestha

|5,942

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Balaram Gharti Magar

|5,627

| colspan="2" |Others

|1,819

colspan="3" |Invalid Votes

|836

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) hold

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24}}{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}

== [[1994 Nepalese legislative election|1994 legislative elections]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Raghuji Pant

|15,733

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Omkar Shrestha

|13,660

style="background-color:firebrick" |

|Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal

|Dil Bahadur Shrestha

|4,526

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Ram Hari Thapa

|4,003

| colspan="2" |Others

|2,364

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission [http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1994_constituency_results_english.pdf]

== [[1991 Nepalese legislative election|1991 legislative elections]] ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

style="background-color:firebrick" |

|Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal

|Lila Mani Pokharel

|19,749

style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Marshal Julaum Shakya

|15,842

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |SJMN gain

colspan="4" |Source: [http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf]

See also

References

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