Kathmandu 5 (constituency) explained

Kathmandu 5
Type:Parliamentary
Parl Name:House of Representatives
Map Size:300
Map Year:1991
District Label:Province
District:Bagmati Province
Region Label:District
Region:Kathmandu District
Electorate:64,550
Year:1991
Party:Nepali Congress
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:Pradip Paudel

Kathmandu 5 is one of 10 parliamentary constituencies of Kathmandu District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

Incorporated areas

Kathmandu 5 parliamentary constituency consists of wards 2, 3, 4, 5 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, wards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of Budhanilkantha Municipality and wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of Tokha Municipality

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1991Madan BhandariCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
1992 by-electionKrishna Gopal Shrestha
1994Rajendra Prasad Shrestha
March 1998CPN (Marxist-Leninist)
1999Mangal Siddhi ManandharCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
2008Narahari AcharyaNepali Congress
2017Ishwar PokhrelCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
March 2021CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
2022Pradip PaudelNepali Congress

5(A)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Narayan Bahadur SilwalCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

5(B)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Dipak NiraulaCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Ishwar Pokhrel23,029
Nepali CongressPrakash Sharan Mahat13,169
Bibeksheel Sajha PartyUjwal Bahadur Thapa6,853
Others1,659
Invalid votes1,154
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
Kathmandu 5(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Narayan Bahadur Silwal7,790
Nepali CongressRama Paudyal4,309
Bibeksheel Sajha PartyRamhari Adhikari4,021
Others712
Invalid votes338
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
Kathmandu 5(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Dipak Niraula13,879
Nepali CongressRamesh Kumar Khadka9,524
Bibeksheel Sajha PartyHari Krishna Shrestha3,432
Others1,300
Invalid votes591
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressNarahari Acharya15,364
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Ishwar Pokhrel14,723
Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalRaja Ram Shrestha4,359
UCPN (Maoist)Mahendra Kumar Shrestha3,655
IndependentUjwal Bahadur Thapa1,163
Others2,674
ResultCongress hold
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2000s

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressNarahari Acharya13,245
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Ishwar Pokhrel9,120
CPN (Maoist)Dipendra Prakash Maharjan8,089
Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalKamal Thapa3,925
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Daman Bahdur Khatri1,022
Others2,194
Invalid votes1,389
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission[2]

Election in the 1990s

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Mangal Sidhhi Manandhar14,303
CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Rajendra Prasad Shrestha8,565
Nepali CongressMukunda Regmi8,248
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyGyanu Lama2,189
Others1,284
Invalid Votes1,206
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Rajendra Prasad Shrestha19,312
Nepali CongressShyam Lal Shrestha6,935
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyPurna Ratna Shakya4,555
Others1,799
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

1992 by-elections

PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Krishna Gopal Shrestha21,253
Nepali CongressTiirtha Ram Dangol15,926
ResultCPN (UML) hold
Source: http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Madan Bhandari27,475
Nepali CongressHari Bol Bhattarai18,928
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf

See also

References

  1. News: CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies. en. 2018-04-25.
  2. Web site: 2009-10-03. Ca Election report. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php. 2009-10-03.
  3. Web site: 2008-01-24. Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates. 2020-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php. 2008-01-24.
  4. Web site: Election Results'99. 2020-11-15. nepalresearch.org.

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