| Kailali 5 | |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Parl Name: | House of Representatives |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Map Year: | 2017 |
| District Label: | Province |
| District: | Sudurpashchim Province |
| Region Label: | District |
| Region: | Kailali District |
| Electorate: | 91,818 |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Party: | Nepali Congress |
| Members Label: | MP |
| Members: | Dilli Raj Pant |
| Blank1 Name: | Sudurpashchim MPA 5(A) |
| Blank1 Info: | Nepalu Chaudhary (NCP) |
| Blank2 Name: | Sudurpashchim MPA 5(B) |
| Blank2 Info: | Dilli Raj Pant (NC) |
Kailali 5 is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Kailali District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]
Kailali 5 incorporates Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City and wards 6 and 9 of Kailari Rural Municipality.
It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Lekh Raj Bhatta | CPN (Maoist) | |
| January 2009 | UCPN (Maoist) | ||
| 2013 | Dirgha Raj Bhatta | Nepali Congress | |
| 2017 | Narad Muni Rana | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| May 2019 | Nepal Communist Party | ||
| March 2021 | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | ||
| 2022 | Dilli Raj Pant | Nepali Congress | |
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Nepalu Chaudhary | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Narad Muni Rana | 27,202 | ||
| Nepali Congress | Araju Rana Deuba | 22,322 | ||
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Laxman Chaudhary | 6,747 | ||
| Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Dinesh Raj Bhandari | 2,722 | ||
| Others | 621 | |||
| Invalid votes | 2,947 | |||
| Result | CPN (UML) gain | |||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Nepalu Chaudhary | 17,367 | ||
| Nepali Congress | Jiwan Rana | 11,073 | ||
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Jagannath Chaudhary | 2,815 | ||
| Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Narayan Chaudhary | 1,308 | ||
| Others | 489 | |||
| Invalid votes | 1,471 | |||
| Result | CPN (UML) gain | |||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Dilli Raj Pant | 11,253 | ||
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Ramesh Singh Dhami | 9,484 | ||
| Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Prakash Chand Bhatta | 2,718 | ||
| Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Tika Devi Chaudhary | 1,898 | ||
| Others | 1,442 | |||
| Invalid votes | 1,135 | |||
| Result | Congress gain | |||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Dirgha Raj Bhatta | 16,346 | ||
| UCPN (Maoist) | Lekh Raj Bhatta | 9,334 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Padam Singh Singhal | 9,139 | ||
| Tharuhat Terai Party Nepal | Madhav Chaudhary | 1,674 | ||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Gajendra Bahdur Singh | 1,555 | ||
| Others | 3,540 | |||
| Result | Congress gain | |||
| Source: NepalNews[2] | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Maoist) | Lekh Raj Bhatta | 17,979 | ||
| Nepali Congress | Dirgha Raj Bhatta | 13,638 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Hari Shankar Yogi | 7,597 | ||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Ganesh Khadka | 1,342 | ||
| Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch | Bamshiram Chaudhary | 1,006 | ||
| Others | 2,310 | |||
| Invalid votes | 1,983 | |||
| Result | Maoist gain | |||
| Source: Election Commission[3] | ||||