Morang 3 (constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency of the Morang District in Nepal}}

{{Infobox constituency|name=Morang 3|type=Parliamentary|constituency_link=|parl_name=|map1=|map2=|map3=|map4=|map_size=300|map_entity=|map_year=2017|image=Morang3PratinidhiSabha.svg|image2=|image3=|image4=|caption=Morang 3 in Province No. 1|caption2=|caption3=|caption4=|district_label=Province|district=Province No. 1|region_label=District|region=Morang District|population=|electorate=|towns=|future=|year=1991|abolished_label=|abolished=|elects_howmany=|seats=|party_label=|party=Nepali Congress|members_label=Member of Parliament|members= Sunil Kumar Sharma|local_council_label=|local_council=|previous=|next=|blank1_name=Member of the Provincial Assembly|blank1_info=Suyarma Raj Rai, NC|blank2_name=Member of the Provincial Assembly|blank2_info=Raj Kumar Ojha, CPN (UML)|blank3_name=|blank3_info=|blank4_name=|blank4_info=}}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.{{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

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

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

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

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

|1991

|Lal Babu Pandit

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

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

|1994

|Badri Narayan Basnet

|Nepali Congress

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

|1999

|Lal Babu Pandit

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

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

|2008

| rowspan="2" |Sabitri Kumar Kafle

|CPN (Maoist)

January 2009

|UCPN (Maoist)

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

|2013

|Gaurav timsina

|Nepali Congress

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

|2017

| rowspan="3" |Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

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

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

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

|March 2021

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

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

|2022

|Sunil Kumar Sharma

|Nepali Congress

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

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

== 3(A) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

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

|2017

|Sumarya Raj Rai

|Nepali Congress

{{col-2}}

== 3(B) ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Election

!Member

!Party

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

|2017

| rowspan="3" |Raj Kumar Ojha

|CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)

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

|May 2018

|Nepal Communist Party

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

|March 2021

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

{{col-end}}

Election results

= Election in the 2020s =

== 2022 general election ==

{{Election results|cand1=Dr. Sunil Kumar Sharma|party1=Nepali Congress|votes1=48631|cand2=Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal|party2=CPN (UML)|votes2=25895|cand3=Rekha Thapa|party3=Rastriya Prajatantra Party|votes3=10998|cand4=Bikas Upreti|party4=Rastriya Swatantra Party|votes4=3172|cand5=Bikendra Rai|party5=Mongol National Organisation|votes5=1520|cand6=Others|votes6=1986|invalid=|electorate=|result=Nepali Congress gain|majority=22736|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|Nepal Communist Party}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal

|42,413

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

|Nepali Congress

|Sunil Kumar Sharma

|40,506

style="background-color:indianred" |

|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|Uddhim Bahadur Khadka

|1,338

style="background-color:hotpink" |

|Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch

|Bhawi Raj Limbu

|1,013

| colspan="2" |Others

|2,173

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|4,160

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) 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|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Sumarya Raj Rai

|20,299

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

|CPN (Maoist Centre)

|Gita Timilsina

|19,399

style="background-color:indianred" |

|Janasamajbadi Party Nepal

|Misan Sherpa

|1,435

style="background-color:hotpink" |

|Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch

|Nanda Bahadur Rai

|1,050

| colspan="2" |Others

|944

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|1,230

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress 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)}}" |

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Raj Kumar Ojha

|22,820

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

|Nepali Congress

|Lalit Bahadur Shrestha

|20,287

| colspan="2" |Others

|1,897

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|1,295

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

|Dilip Khawas Gachhadar

|12,984

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Guru Prasad Baral

|12,674

style="background-color:darkred" |

|UCPN (Maoist)

|Khem Raj Bhattarai

|6,266

style="background-color:darkorange" |

|Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)

|Satya Narayan Bhagat Tharu

|4,576

style="background-color:pink" |

|Federal Socialist Party, Nepal

|Minu Rai

|1,956

| colspan="2" |Others

|3,124

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/bhaktapur.php#top|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.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)

|Sabitri Kumar Kafle

|15,863

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

|Nepali Congress

|Satya Narayan Bhagat Tharu

|12,626

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Naresh Prasad Pokharel

|10,481

style="background-color:indianred" |

|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|Kamala Rai

|2,102

style="background-color:orangered" |

|Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal

|Bhim Lal Bhagat Tharu

|1,896

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Pakhu Lal Bishwas

|1,198

|Others

|

|1,921

colspan="3" |Invalid votes

|3,398

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)

|Lal Babu Pandit

|16,288

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

|Nepali Congress

|Gopal Man Singh Rajbhandari

|15,589

style="background-color:yellowgreen" |

|Nepal Sadbhawana Party

|Dilip Kumar Dhadewa

|7,042

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Harendra Bahadur Thapa

|6,939

style="background-color:indianred" |

|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)

|Tara Bahadur Kafle

|2,080

| colspan="2" |Others

|1,629

colspan="3" |Invalid Votes

|1,589

colspan="2" |Result

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

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|Nepali Congress}}" |

|Nepali Congress

|Badri Narayan Basnet

|19,821

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Lal Babu Pandit

|14,987

style="background-color:gold" |

|Rastriya Prajatantra Party

|Janak Bahadur Karki

|4,312

| colspan="2" |Others

|1,885

colspan="2" |Result

! colspan="2" |Congress gain

colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission

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

class="wikitable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Candidate

!Votes

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

|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

|Lal Babu Pandit

|18,667

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

|Nepali Congress

|Badri Narayan Basnet

|16,670

colspan="2" |Result

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

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

See also

References

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