Sunsari 3

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.

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 ElectionMemberParty1991Girija Prasad KoiralaNepali Congress1992 by-electionPrakash Koirala1994Laxman Prasad Mehta2008Bijay Kumar GachhadarMadheshi Janaadhikar Forum, NepalJune 2009Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)April 2017Nepal Loktantrik Forum2017Nepali Congress2022Bhagwati ChaudharyCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2026Ashok Kumar ChaudharyRastriya Swatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

3(A) ElectionMemberParty2017Lilam BasnetCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist Party

3(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Agam Lal ChaudharyNepali Congress

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressBijay Kumar Gachhadar38,972CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bhagwati Chaudhary38,651Federal Socialist Forum, NepalPadma Kumar Adhikari1,854IndependentMohammad Nasiruddin Miya1,063Others839Invalid votes3,655ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

3(A) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Lilam Basnet19,665Nepali CongressKumar Jang Thapa17,681Others1,754Invalid votes1,178ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

3(B) PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressAgam Lal Chaudhary21,429CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ramdev Yadav17,568Federal Socialist Forum, NepalAbadh Narayan Yadav2,417Others1,279Invalid votes2,034ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesMadheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)Bijay Kumar Gachhadar17,524CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Bhagwati Chaudhary17,162Nepali CongressGoma Kumari Parajuli (Ansari)7,865Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, NepalRanjit Gosai2,435UCPN (Maoist)Haider Ali Miya1,099Others3,482ResultMJFN (D) gainSource: NepalNews

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesMadheshi Janaadhikar Forum, NepalBijay Kumar Gachhadar23,769Nepali CongressAgam Lal Chuadhary10,806CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Shri Kumari Tharuni5,723CPN (Maoist)Ram Kumari Chaudhary5,071CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Krishna Lal Das Tharu1,194Rastriya Janamukti PartySajjan Rishidev1,191Others3,821Invalid votes3,071ResultMJFN gainSource: Election Commission

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressLaxman Prasad Mehta19,654Rastriya Prajatantra PartyNarendra Kumar Chaudhary17,668CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Fani Lal Chaudhary5,843Others3,022Invalid Votes2,121ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission

1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressLaxman Prasad Mehta16,341CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Dharma Raj Niraula12,081Rastriya Prajatantra PartyNarendra Kumar Chaudhary9,565IndependentJay Hari Sharma1,551Others2,398ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission 1992 by-elections PartyCandidateNepali CongressPrakash KoiralaResultCongress holdSource:

1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressGirija Prasad Koirala27,469CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Prabhu Narayan Chaudhary18,023ResultCongress gainSource:

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