title: Kapilvastu 3 (constituency)
text: # Kapilvastu 3 (constituency)
  
  Kapilvastu 3 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Kapilvastu District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
  
  ## Incorporated areas
  
  Kapilvastu 3 incorporates Bijayanagar Rural Municipality, Shivaraj Municipality, Krishnanagar Municipality, and wards 5–7 of Maharajgunj Municipality
  
  ## Assembly segments
  
  It encompasses the following Lumbini Provincial Assembly segment
  
  * Kapilvastu 3(A)
  * Kapilvastu 3(B)
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### Parliament/Constituent Assembly
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1991 | Bishnu Raj Acharya | Nepali Congress |
  | 1999 | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | Nepali Congress |
  | 2008 | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party |
  | April 2017 | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal |
  | 2017 | Abhishek Pratap Shah | Nepali Congress |
  | 2022 | Mangal Prasad GuptaSeraj Ahmad farooqui | CPN (UML) |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Election in the 2020s
  
  **2022 general election**
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Mangal Prasad Gupta | CPN (UML) | 22,619 | 31.08 |
  | | Abhishek Pratap Shah | Nepali Congress | 18,983 | 26.08 |
  | | Prakash Rajairiya | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 14,030 | 19.28 |
  | | Ishwar Dayal Mishra | People's Progressive Party | 12,557 | 17.25 |
  | | Narsingh Chaudhary | Janamat Party | 2,245 | 3.08 |
  | | Deepak Belbase | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 1,056 | 1.45 |
  | | Others | | 1,284 | 1.76 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 72,774 | 100.00 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,636 | |
  | | 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 | Abhishek Pratap Shah | 20,001 |
  | | Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Mangal Prasad Gupta | 15,826 |
  | | People's Progressive Party | Ishwar Dayal Mishra | 14,330 |
  | | Bahujan Shakti Party | Ehsan Ahmed Khan | 4,999 |
  | | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Nar Singh Chaudhary | 4,987 |
  | | Nepal Federal Socialist Party | Mangal Prasad Chaudhary | 1,073 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,421 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 5,265 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **2013 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | 9,225 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Sudhakar Pandaya | 8,991 |
  | | Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Kedar Prasad Chaudhary | 2,333 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Babu Ram Khanal | 2,077 |
  | | Terai Madhesh Sadbhavana Party Nepal | Haram Sharif Musalman | 1,947 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Bijaya Laxmi Singh | 1,660 |
  | | UCPN (Maoist) | Satya Narayan Tripathi | 1,640 |
  | | Sadbhavana Party | Gayadin Kurmi | 1,321 |
  | | Dalit Janajati Party | Santosh Harijan | 1,225 |
  | | Others | Others | 2,798 |
  | Result | Result | TMLP hold | TMLP hold |
  | Source: NepalNews ||||
  
  ### Election in the 2000s
  
  **2008 Constituent Assembly election**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party | Brijesh Kumar Gupta | 18,126 |
  | | Nepali Congress | Sudhakar Pandaya | 5,944 |
  | | CPN (Maoist) | Megh Raj Gyawali | 5,930 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Narayan Bahadur Singh | 1,606 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Nazma Khatun | 1,444 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Azad Ahmed Darji | 1,000 |
  | | Others | | 3,167 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,717 |
  | Result | Result | TMLP gain | TMLP gain |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  ### Election in the 1990s
  
  **1999 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Birendra Kumar Kanudiya | 12,261 |
  | | Independent | Surendra Raj Acharya | 8,759 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Chand) | Hari Narayan Rajauriya | 7,927 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Akbal Ahmed Sah | 6,418 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bal Ram Adhikari | 5,663 |
  | | Nepal Sadbhavana Party | Amrita Devi Agrahari | 2,891 |
  | | Others | Others | 1,342 |
  | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,384 |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1994 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bishnu Raj Acharya | 15,698 |
  | | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Hari Narayan Rajauriya | 12,019 |
  | | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Akbal Ahmed Sah | 5,835 |
  | | Nepal Sadbhavana Party | Narsingh Chaudhary | 1,536 |
  | | Independent | Rupesh Shrestha | 1,371 |
  | | Others | Others | 376 |
  | Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
  | Source: Election Commission ||||
  
  **1991 legislative elections**
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nepali Congress | Bishnu Raj Acharya | 13,681 |
  | | Nepal Sadbhavana Party | | 4,510 |
  | Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
  | Source: ||||
  