Kaski 3 (constituency)

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

Kaski 3
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Kaski 3 in Gandaki Province
Assembly segments Kaski 3(A) and Kaski 3(B) within Kaski District
Province	Gandaki Province
District	Kaski District
Electorate	88,717
Current constituency
Created	1991
MP	Jagat Bahadur SUnar (NCP)
Gandaki MPA 3(A)	Ramji Prasad Baral (NCP)
Gandaki MPA 3(B)	Rajiv Pahari (NCP)

Incorporated areas

Kaski 3 incorporates Annapurna Rural Municipality, Machhapuchchhre Rural Municipality and wards 1–3, 5, 6, 18, 19 and 22–25 of Pokhara Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Gandaki Provincial Assembly segment

• Kaski 3(A)
• Kaski 3(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Somnath Adhikari Pyasi	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	1994	Krishna Bahadur Gurung	Nepali Congress
	1999	Prakash Bahadur Gurung
	2008	Rabindra Prasad Adhikari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2017	Jagat Bahadur Sunar
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	2022	Damodar Paudel Bairagi

Provincial Assembly

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

3(B) Election Member Party 2017 Rajiv Pahari CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Damodar Paudel Bairagi	CPN (UML)	22,980	39.59
	Ramji Prasad Baral	CPN (Maoist Centre)	17,535	30.21
	Yog Raj Paudel	Rastriya Swatantra Party	12,180	20.98
	Jagat Prasad Subedi	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,442	4.21
	Others		2,914	5.02
Total			58,051	100.00
Majority			5,445
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: [2]

2022 provincial election

3(A) Candidate Party Votes % Ganesh Man Gurung CPN (UML) 14,473 46.39 Durga Dutt Bhandari CPN (Maoist Centre) 9,662 30.97 Kedar Nath Paudel Rastriya Prajatantra Party 3,697 11.85 Khim Prasad Timilsina Hamro Nepali Party 2,515 8.06 Others 849 2.72 Total 31,196 100.00 Majority 4,811 CPN (UML) Source: [2]

3(B) Candidate Party Votes % Prakash Baral Nepali Congress 12,367 44.63 Rajiv Pahari CPN (UML) 11,902 42.95 Hariram Bhandari Rastriya Prajatantra Party 2,560 9.24 Others 884 3.19 Total 27,713 100.00 Majority 465 Nepali Congress Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Jagat Bahadur Sunar	32,690
	Nepali Congress	Shukra Raj Sharma	24,304
	Others		2,702
Invalid votes			2,139
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

3(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Maoist Centre) Ramji Prasad Baral 15,823 Nepali Congress Sharada Devi Paudel 13,057 Others 2,972 Invalid votes 867 Result Maoist Centre gain Source: Election Commission

3(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rajiv Pahari 16,167 Nepali Congress Sikandar Gurungl 8,325 Others 828 Invalid votes 605 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rabindra Prasad Adhikari	13,110
	Nepali Congress	Sobhiyat Bahadur Adhikari	10,808
	UCPN (Maoist)	Ramji Prasad Baral	4,431
	Others		2,659
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Rabindra Prasad Adhikari	13,386
	CPN (Maoist)	Jhalak Pani Tiwari	10,926
	Nepali Congress	Binda Devi Rana Magar	9,041
	Others		3,416
Invalid votes			1,240
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[4]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Prakash Bahadur Gurung	18,739
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Somnath Adhikari Pyasi	16,091
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Chandra Man Gurung	4,374
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Mina Raj Paudel	1,406
	Others		685
Invalid Votes			832
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[5][6]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Bahadur Gurung	14,980
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Somnath Adhikari Pyasi	14,831
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Chandra Man Gurung	6,430
	Others		252
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[5]

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Somnath Adhikari Pyasi	17,818
	Nepali Congress		16,253
Result		CPN (UML) 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 Kaski