title: Saptari 3 (constituency)
text: # Saptari 3 (constituency)
  
  Saptari 3 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Saptari District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Saptari 3 incorporates Rupani Rural Municipality, Bishnupur Rural Municipality, Belhi Chapena Rural Municipality, Sambhunath Municipality and Dakneshwari Municipality.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province segment
  
  * Saptari 3(A)
  * Saptari 3(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Hari Prasad Raya Amat | Nepali Congress |
  | 1994 | Anis Ansari | Nepal Sadbhawana Party |
  | 1999 | Renu Kumari Yadav | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
  | 2008 | Mahesh Prasad Yadav | Sadbhavana Party |
  | 2011 | Mahesh Prasad Yadav | Sangiya Sadbhavana Party |
  | 2013 | Umesh Kumar Yadav | UCPN (Maoist) |
  | April 2016 | Umesh Kumar Yadav | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
  | 2017 | Chandra Kanta Chaudhary | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal |
  | April 2020 | Chandra Kanta Chaudhary | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
  | August 2021 | Chandra Kanta Chaudhary | Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal |
  | 2022 | Dinesh Kumar Yadav | Nepali Congress |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Dinesh Kumar Yadav | Nepali Congress | 26,166 | 39.16 |
  | | Tarakant Chaudhary | CPN (UML) | 22,300 | 33.37 |
  | | Anish Ansari | Janamat Party | 15,114 | 22.62 |
  | | Others | | 3,246 | 4.86 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 66,826 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,866 | |
  | | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Chandra Kanta Chaudhary | 22,584 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Dinesh Kumar Yadav | 19,401 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Tara Kanta Chaudhary | 11,188 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,084 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,718 |
  | Result | Result | RJPN gain | RJPN gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Umesh Kumar Yadav | 8,746 |
  | | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Shailendra Prasad Sah | 6,487 |
  | | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Jay Prakash Thakur | 4,553 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ram Kumar Chaudhary | 3,896 |
  | | Sadbhavana Party | Anis Ansari | 3,595 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Parmeshwar Sah Teli | 1,081 |
  | | Others | Others | 7,283 |
  | Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Sadbhavana Party | Mahesh Prasad Yadav | 10,302 |
  | | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Anis Ansari | 6,921 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Ram Kumar Chaudhary | 6,744 |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Umesh Kumar Yadav | 5,513 |
  | | Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal | Ra Dular Sah | 3,527 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ranju Thakur | 2,244 |
  | | Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal | Purna Prasad Chaudhary | 1,608 |
  | | Dalit Janajati Party | Jhabar Ram | 1,436 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Govinda Prasad Singh | 1,386 |
  | | Independent | Satya Narayan Mandal | 1,196 |
  | | Independent | Ganga Ram Yadav | 1,304 |
  | | Others | Others | 4,332 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,267 |
  | Result | Result | Sadbhavana gain | Sadbhavana gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Renu Kumari Yadav | 17,231 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Suman Raj Pyakurel | 10,910 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Anis Ansari | 10,803 |
  | | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Surya Narayan Mandal | 10,126 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,699 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,914 |
  | Result | Result | RPP gain | RPP gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Anis Ansari | 12,743 |
  | | Independent | Surya Narayan Mandal | 8,921 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Renu Kumari Yadav | 6,411 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Dev Narayan Yadav | 5,431 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Jaya Krishna Goit | 5,367 |
  | | Independent | Shiva Prasad Pokharel | 2,590 |
  | | Others | Others | 999 |
  | Result | Result | NSP gain | NSP gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Hari Prasad Raya Amat | 11,251 |
  | | Nepal Sadbhawana Party | Anis Ansari | 9,932 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  