Kathmandu 9 (constituency) explained

Kathmandu 9
Type:Parliamentary
Parl Name:House of Representatives
Map Size:300
District Label:Province
District:Bagmati Province
Region Label:District
Region:Kathmandu District
Electorate:67,651
Year:2008
Party:Nepal Communist Party
Members Label:Member of Parliament
Members:Krishna Gopal Shrestha

Kathmandu 9 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 9 parliamentary constituency consists of wards 12, 14, 21 and 22 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, wards 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Nagarjun Municipality and wards 1, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of Chandragiri Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segment

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2008Dhyan Govinda RanjitNepali Congress
2017Krishna Gopal ShresthaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party
March 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

9(A)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Ajaya Kranti ShakyaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018Nepal Communist Party

9(B)

ElectionMemberParty
2017Keshav Prasad PokharelCPN (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)Krishna Gopal Shrestha22,852
Nepali CongressDhyan Govinda Ranjit14,802
Bibeksheel Sajha PartyMilan Pandey4,946
Others2,475
Invalid votes1,154
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
Kathmandu 9(A)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ajaya Kranti Shakya9,531
Nepali CongressIndraman Tuladhar7,193
Bibeksheel Sajha PartyChakrapani Neupane3,369
Others1,494
Invalid votes498
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
Kathmandu 9(B)
PartyCandidateVotes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Keshav Prasad Pokharel12,156
Nepali CongressDharma Raj Gautam9,110
Bibeksheel Sajha PartySurendra Bahadur Ranabhaat1,384
Others1,034
Invalid votes452
ResultCPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressDhyan Govinda Ranjit14,483
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Krishna Gopal Shrestha13,100
UCPN (Maoist)Devendra Paudel6,669
Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalDevendra Pradhan4,490
Federal Socialist Party, NepalRadha Krishna Mainali1,547
Others3,417
ResultCongress hold
Source: Election Commission[2]

Election in the 2000s

PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressDhyan Govinda Ranjit12,501
UCPN (Maoist)Maila Lama Tamang12,292
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Krishna Gopal Shrestha12,194
Rastriya Prajatantra PartyBadri Raj Giri1,110
Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalRukmani Basnet1,083
Others2,428
Invalid votes1,787
ResultCongress gain
Source: Election Commission

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies. en. 2018-04-25.
  2. Web site: 2015-03-25. Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens. 2020-11-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20150325223357/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/kathmandu.php#top. 2015-03-25.