Jhapa 3 (constituency)

Jhapa 3
Jhapa 3
	Jhapa 3 in Koshi Province
Province	Koshi Province
District	Jhapa District
Current
Created	1991
Party	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Member of Parliament	Rajendra 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

	Member	Party
1991	Radha Krishna Mainali	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1994	Devi Prasad Ojha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999	Narendra Bikram Nemwang	Nepali Congress
2008	Purna Prasad Rajbanshi	CPN (Maoist)
January 2009	Purna Prasad Rajbanshi	UCPN (Maoist)
2013	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	Nepali Congress
2017	Rajendra Prasad Lingden	Rastriya Prajatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

3(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Basanta Kumar Baniya	22,553
	Nepali Congress	Bhumi Prasad Rajbanshi	17,005
	Others		1,392
Invalid votes			1,312
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

3(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Purna Prasad Rajbanshi	22,065
	Nepali Congress	Bhagirath Kumar Poddar	14,735
	Others		2,527
Invalid votes			1,527
Result		Maoist Centre gain
Source: Election Commission

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rajendra Prasad Lingden	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	40,662	47.95
	Krishna Prasad Sitaula	Nepali Congress	37,386	44.08
	Prakash Pathak	Rastriya Swatantra Party	3,461	4.08
	Others		3,299	3.89
Total			84,808	100.00

Majority			3,276
	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

↑ (in en) CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies. http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-08-31/cdc-submits-its-report-with-165-electoral-constituencies.html. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
↑ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
↑ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
↑ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
↑ ^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.
↑ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

Constituency map of Jhapa

[1] (in en) CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies. http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-08-31/cdc-submits-its-report-with-165-electoral-constituencies.html. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2022el-2] "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.

[:0-3] "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.

[archive-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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