There were 36,811 votes casted during 2008 Constituent Assembly elections in Surkhet District, Constituency No. 3. The candidte of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) - Nara Bahadur Bista secured 17,429 (47.35%) votes and secured victory in the election. The runner-up candidate was Nava Raj Rawat of Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) who secured 10,896 (29.60%) votes and came in second position. The difference in votes of Nara Bahadur Bista and Nava Raj Rawat was 6,533. All other candidates secured 8,486 (23.05%) votes.
As illustrated in the pie-chart above, the candidates who lost the election secured 19,382 (52.65%) votes as compared to votes secured by elected candidate Nara Bahadur Bista, which was 17,429 (47.35%) votes.
Detailed Election Results are illustrated in the table below:
| Rank | Name | Political Party | Gender | Age | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nara Bahadur Bista | Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) | N/A | N/A | 17,429 | 47.35% |
| 2 | Nava Raj Rawat | Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | N/A | N/A | 10,896 | 29.60% |
| 3 | Shiv Raj Joshi | Nepali Congress Party | N/A | N/A | 6,504 | 17.67% |
| 4 | Kabi Ram Puri | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | N/A | N/A | 1,982 | 5.38% |
Please, note that details candidates who contested in the election may not be available due to lack of election data. If you found N/A in the table above in any column, that means the information is not available at present. If the age of a candidate is given in the table, that should be considered as the age of candidate at the time of filing nomination for the election, but not the current age.