| Kanchanpur 3 | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives | |
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Assembly segments Kanchanpur 3(A) (red) and Kanchanpur 3(B) (blue) within Kanchanpur District
Protected areas in green | |
| Province | Sudurpashchim Province |
| District | Kanchanpur District |
| Electorate | 87,122 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| MP | Ramesh Lekhak (NC) |
| Sudurpashchim MPA 3(A) | Prakash Rawal (NCP) |
| Sudurpashchim MPA 3(B) | Man Bahadur Sunar (NCP) |
Kanchanpur 3 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Kanchanpur District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]
Kanchanpur 3 incorporates Mahakali Municipality, Bhimdatta Municipality, and wards 8 of Bedkot Municipality.
It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Urwa Dutta Pant | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| 1999 | Ramesh Lekhak | Nepali Congress | |
| 2008 | Tekendra Prasad Bhatta | CPN (Maoist) | |
| January 2009 | UCPN (Maoist) | ||
| 2013 | Bahadur Singh Thapa | Nepali Congress | |
| 2017 | Dipak Prakash Bhatta | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party | ||
| March 2021 | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | ||
| 2022 | Ramesh Lekhak | Nepali Congress | |
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3(B)[edit]
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| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramesh Lekhak | Nepali Congress | 30,575 | 56.46 | |
| Niru Devi Pal | CPN (UML) | 18,485 | 34.13 | |
| Krishna Luhar | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 2,031 | 3.75 | |
| Deepak Bahadur Singh | Independent | 1,145 | 2.11 | |
| Others | 1,921 | 3.55 | ||
| Total | 54,157 | 100.00 | ||
| Majority | 12,090 | |||
| Nepali Congress gain | ||||
| Source: [2] | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dipak Prakash Bhatta | 26,364 | |
| Nepali Congress | Ramesh Lekhak | 26,106 | |
| Others | 1,059 | ||
| Invalid votes | 3,167 | ||
| Result | CPN (UML) gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
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3(B)[edit]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Bahadur Singh Thapa | 12,836 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Nar Bahadur Dhami | 9,643 | |
| UCPN (Maoist) | Tekendra Prasad Bhatta | 6,300 | |
| Tharuhat Terai Party Nepal | Ishwari Devi Chaudhary | 1,935 | |
| Others | 3,310 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: NepalNews[3] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Maoist) | Tekendra Prasad Bhatta | 15,076 | |
| Nepali Congress | Bahadur Singh Thapa | 9,273 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Govinda Prasad Kalauni | 5,667 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Tirtha Raj Chataul | 1,659 | |
| Rastriya Janashakti Party | Dhirendra Bahadur Dogaura | 1,549 | |
| Others | 2,919 | ||
| Invalid votes | 2,093 | ||
| Result | Maoist gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[4] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Ramesh Lekhak | 13,527 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Indra Bahadur Khatri | 8,336 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Urba Dutta Pant | 7,503 | |
| CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Lila Dhoj Basnet | 2,781 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Padam Thakurathi | 2,498 | |
| Others | 1,417 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,463 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[5][6] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Urwa Dutta Pant | 11,100 | |
| Nepali Congress | Narayan Prasad Saud | 6,453 | |
| Independent | Man Bahadur Sunar | 5,769 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Dharma Raj Joshi | 4,427 | |
| Independent | Pratap Ram Lohar | 213 | |
| Result | CPN (UML) gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[5][1] | |||
