Dang 3 (constituency)

Dang 3 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Dang District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.^[1]

Dang 3
Parliamentary constituency
Dang 3 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Dang District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Deepak Giri

Incorporated areas

Dang 3 incorporates Babai Rural Municipality, Shantinagar Rural Municipality, Dangisharan Rural Municipality, and wards 1–15 of Tulsipur Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Dang 3(A)
• Dang 3(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Khum Bahadur Khadka	Nepali Congress
	1994	Shankar Pokharel	CPN (Unified Marxist- Leninist)
	1999	Krishna Kishor Ghimire	Nepali Congress
	2008	Krishna Bahadur Mahara	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Raju Khanal	Nepali Congress
	2017	Hira Chandra K.C.	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	August 2021		CPN (Unified Socialist)
	2022	Deepak Giri	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

3(A) Election Member Party 2017 Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary Nepali Congress

2022 - Dilli Bdr Chaudhary (Nepali Congress) 3(B) Election Member Party 2017 Uttar Kumar Wali CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party 2019 by-election Bimala Kumari Khatri

2022- Maskey (CPN,Maoist Centre)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Deepak Giri	Nepali Congress	36,911	43.37
	Komal Oli	CPN (UML)	29,092	34.18
	Kamal Subedi	Rastriya Swatantra Party	15,326	18.01
	Oj Bahadur Khadka	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,536	1.80
	Others		2,247	2.64
Total			85,112	100.00
Majority			7,819
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2019 by-elections

3(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepal Communist Party	Bimala Kumari Khatri	24,286
	Nepali Congress	Keshav Raj Acharya	19,182
	Others		1,036
Invalid votes			797
Result		NCP hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Hira Chandra K.C.	40,287
	Nepali Congress	Deepak Giri	33,730
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Him Lal Chaudhary	1,409
	Others		1,080
Invalid votes			4,428
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

3(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary 17,036 CPN (Maoist Centre) Jag Prasad Sharma 14,700 Others 2,746 Invalid votes 1,704 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

3(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Uttar Kumar Wali 23,970 Nepali Congress Budhhi Ram Bhandari 17,535 Others 1,144 Invalid votes 2,002 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Raju Khanal	15,048
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Laxman Acharya	7,942
	UCPN (Maoist)	Nirmal Acharya	7,408
	Others		4,048
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Krishna Bahadur Mahara	20,784
	Nepali Congress	Anita Devkota	10,812
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Chhabi Lal Oli	4,879
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Mangal Prasad Chaudhary	3,337
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Dinesh Bahadur Neupane	1,157
	Others		1,334
Invalid votes			2,113
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Kishor Ghimire	19,072
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Shankar Pokharel	11,647
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Giri Raj K.C.	8,085
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Shovakar Thapa	1,121
	Others		662
Invalid votes			196
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Shankar Pokharel	19,366
	Nepali Congress	Deepak Giri	16,351
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Goma Giri	1,481
	Others		414
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Khum Bahadur Khadka	24,105
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		14,594
Result		Congress gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal