Kapilvastu 3 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Kapilvastu District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]
| Kapilvastu 3 | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency | |
 Kapilvastu 3 in Lumbini Province | |
| Province | Lumbini Province |
| District | Kapilvastu District |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1991 |
| Party | Nepali Congress |
| Member of Parliament | Abhishek Pratap Shah |
Incorporated areas
Kapilvastu 3 incorporates Bijayanagar Rural Municipality, Shivaraj Municipality, Krishnanagar Municipality, and wards 5–7 of Maharajgunj Municipality
Assembly segments
It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
- Kapilvastu 3(A)
- Kapilvastu 3(B)
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Bishnu Raj Acharya | Nepali Congress | |
| 1999 | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | ||
| 2008 | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | |
| April 2017 | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | ||
| 2017 | Abhishek Pratap Shah | Nepali Congress | |
3(A)
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3(B)
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Election results
Election in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Abhishek Pratap Shah | 20,001 | |
| Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Mangal Prasad Gupta | 15,826 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ishwar Dayal Mishra | 14,330 | |
| Bahujan Shakti Party | Ehsan Ahmed Khan | 4,999 | |
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Nar Singh Chaudhary | 4,987 | |
| Nepal Federal Socialist Party | Mangal Prasad Chaudhary | 1,073 | |
| Others | 2,421 | ||
| Invalid votes | 5,265 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
3(A)
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3(B)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | 9,225 | |
| Nepali Congress | Sudhakar Pandaya | 8,991 | |
| Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Kedar Prasad Chaudhary | 2,333 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Babu Ram Khanal | 2,077 | |
| Terai Madhesh Sadbhavana Party Nepal | Haram Sharif Musalman | 1,947 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Bijaya Laxmi Singh | 1,660 | |
| UCPN (Maoist) | Satya Narayan Tripathi | 1,640 | |
| Sadbhavana Party | Gayadin Kurmi | 1,321 | |
| Dalit Janajati Party | Santosh Harijan | 1,225 | |
| Others | 2,798 | ||
| Result | TMLP hold | ||
| Source: NepalNews[2] | |||
Election in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | 18,126 | |
| Nepali Congress | Sudhakar Pandaya | 5,944 | |
| CPN (Maoist) | Megh Raj Gyawali | 5,930 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Narayan Bahadur Singh | 1,606 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Nazma Khatun | 1,444 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Azad Ahmed Darji | 1,000 | |
| Others | 3,167 | ||
| Invalid votes | 2,717 | ||
| Result | TMLP gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[3] | |||
Election in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | 12,261 | |
| Independent | Surendra Raj Acharya | 8,759 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Hari Narayan Rajauriya | 7,927 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Akbal Ahmed Sah | 6,418 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bal Ram Adhikari | 5,663 | |
| Nepal Sadbhavana Party | Amrita Devi Agrahari | 2,891 | |
| Others | 1,342 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,384 | ||
| Result | Congress hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission[4][5] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Bishnu Raj Acharya | 15,698 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Hari Narayan Rajauriya | 12,019 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Akbal Ahmed Sah | 5,835 | |
| Nepal Sadbhavana Party | Narsingh Chaudhary | 1,536 | |
| Independent | Rupesh Shrestha | 1,371 | |
| Others | 376 | ||
| Result | Congress hold | ||
| Source: Election Commission[4] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Bishnu Raj Acharya | 13,681 | |
| Nepal Sadbhavana Party | 4,510 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: [1] | |||
See also
References
- ^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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.