title: Sunsari 3 (constituency)
text: # Sunsari 3 (constituency)
  
  Sunsari 3 is one of four parliamentary constituencies of Sunsari District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Sunsari 3 incorporates Gadhi Rural Municipality, Barju Rural Municipality, Duhabi Municipality, ward 7 of Inaruwa Municipality and wards 6–15 of Itahari Sub-metropolitan City.
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Province No. 1 Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Sunsari 3(A)
  * Sunsari 3(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Girija Prasad Koirala | Nepali Congress |
  | 1992 by-election | Prakash Koirala | Nepali Congress |
  | 1994 | Laxman Prasad Mehta | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal |
  | June 2009 | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) |
  | April 2017 | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | Nepal Loktantrik Forum |
  | 2017 | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | Nepali Congress |
  | 2022 | Bhagwati Chaudhary | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Bhagwati Chaudhary | CPN (UML) | 40,788 | 46.82 |
  | | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | Nepali Congress | 35,600 | 40.87 |
  | | Kamal Babu Mainali | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 6,453 | 7.41 |
  | | Kuldeep Chaudhary | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 1,903 | 2.18 |
  | | Others | | 2,370 | 2.72 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 87,114 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,188 | |
  | | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
  | Source: |||||
  
  ### Election in the 2010s
  
  **2017 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 38,972 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bhagwati Chaudhary | 38,651 |
  | | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Padma Kumar Adhikari | 1,854 |
  | | Independent | Mohammad Nasiruddin Miya | 1,063 |
  | | Others | Others | 839 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,655 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 17,524 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bhagwati Chaudhary | 17,162 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Goma Kumari Parajuli (Ansari) | 7,865 |
  | | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Ranjit Gosai | 2,435 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Haider Ali Miya | 1,099 |
  | | Others | Others | 3,482 |
  | Result | Result | MJFN (D) gain | MJFN (D) gain |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 23,769 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Agam Lal Chuadhary | 10,806 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Shri Kumari Tharuni | 5,723 |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Ram Kumari Chaudhary | 5,071 |
  | | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Lal Das Tharu | 1,194 |
  | | Rastriya Janamukti Party | Sajjan Rishidev | 1,191 |
  | | Others | | 3,821 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,071 |
  | Result | Result | MJFN gain | MJFN gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Laxman Prasad Mehta | 19,654 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Narendra Kumar Chaudhary | 17,668 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Fani Lal Chaudhary | 5,843 |
  | | Others | Others | 3,022 |
  | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 2,121 |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Laxman Prasad Mehta | 16,341 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Dharma Raj Niraula | 12,081 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Narendra Kumar Chaudhary | 9,565 |
  | | Independent | Jay Hari Sharma | 1,551 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,398 |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1992 by-elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Prakash Koirala |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold |
  | Source: |||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Girija Prasad Koirala | 27,469 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Prabhu Narayan Chaudhary | 18,023 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  