Banke 3 (constituency)

Banke 3
Parliamentary constituency
Banke 3 in Lumbini Province
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Banke District
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Kishore Singh Rathore

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

Incorporated areas

Banke 3 incorporates Baijanath Rural Municipality, Khajura Rural Municipality, Janaki Rural Municipality and wards 16 and 17 of Nepalgunj Sub-metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment

• Banke 3(A)
• Banke 3(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Krishna Singh Pariyar	Nepali Congress
	1994	Fateh Singh Tharu	Rastriya Prajatantra Party
	March 1997		Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)
	1999	Kailash Nath Kashaudhan	Nepali Congress
	2008	Sarbadev Prasad Ojha	Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal
	June 2009		Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)
	2013	Sushil Koirala	Nepali Congress
	2017	Nanda Lal Roka Chhetri	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
	2022	Kishor Singh Rathore	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

3(A) Election Member Party 2017 Indra Prasad Kharel CPN (Maoist Centre) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

3(B) Election Member Party 2017 Babu Ram Gautam CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Kishor Singh Rathore	Nepali Congress	29,097	42.12
	Kismat Kumar Kashyapati	CPN (UML)	24,305	35.19
	Devendra Nath Shukla	Rastriya Swatantra Party	7,467	10.81
	Noyendra Dhital	People's Socialist Party, Nepal	4,291	6.21
	Raju Prasad Kurmi	Janamat Party	2,527	3.66
	Others		1,387	2.01
Total			69,074	100.00
Majority			4,792
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Nanda Lal Roka Chhetri	31,601
	Nepali Congress	Badshah Kurmi	26,617
	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal	Manoj Kumar Dixit	2,737
	Rastriya Janta Party Nepal	Mahamudul Hasan Ansari	1,711
	Others		897
Invalid votes			3,981
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

3(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Indra Prasad Kharel 16,675 Nepali Congress Chanta Ram Tharu 14,981 Others 2,417 Invalid votes 1,536 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

3(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Babu Ram Gautam 11,877 Nepali Congress Laxmi Narayan Shah 7,592 Independent Bijay Kumar Pathak 4,240 Independent Zakir Khan 2,109 Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Ram Suhaban Kumri 1,850 Others 1,692 Invalid votes 2,459 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Sushil Koirala	10,753
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Dhawal SJB Rana	8,809
	UCPN (Maoist)	Damodar Acharya	6,135
	Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party	Pashupati Dayal Mishra	4,016
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bijaya Dhital	2,497
	Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Kaushal Kumar Mishra	1,047
	Others		4,525
Result		Congress gain
Source: NepalNews [3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal	Sarbadev Prasad Ojha	14,900
	CPN (Maoist)	Parmananda Kurmi	6,970
	Nepali Congress	Sushil Koirala	5,969
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Dhawal SJB Rana	4,383
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Samsuddin Siddiqi	3,322
	Others		2,788
Invalid votes			2,157
Result		Forum Nepal gain
Source: Election Commission [4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Kailash Nath Kashaudhan	12,086
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Dal Bahadur Sunar	8,735
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ful Singh Tharu	8,636
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand)	Fateh Singh Tharu	5,594
	Independent	Mohaiyuddin Kawadiya	3,091
	Nepal Sadbhavana Party	Satyawati Kurmi	1,593
	Others		2,138
Invalid votes			1,469
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission [5] [6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Fateh Singh Tharu	13,659
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Hari Parajuli	10,638
	Nepali Congress	Meraj Ahmed Sah	9,724
	Nepal Sadbhavana Party	Satyawati Kurmi	1,524
	Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)	Nanda Lal Roka Chhetri	1,232
	Others		707
Result		RPP gain
Source: Election Commission [5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Singh Pariyar	12,473
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)		9,837
Result		Congress gain
Source:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies" . Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
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.
5. "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.

External links

• Constituency map of Banke