| Keshav Sthapit | |
| Office1: | Member of Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Province |
| Constituency1: | Kathmandu 6 |
| Term Start1: | 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Constitution created |
| Term End1: | 2022[1] |
| Successor: | Rameshwor Phuyal |
| Office2: | 12th Mayor of Kathmandu |
| Deputy2: | Bidur Mainali |
| Term Start2: | 1997 |
| Term End2: | 2006 |
| Predecessor2: | Prem Lal Singh |
| Successor2: | Rajaram Shrestha |
| Birth Place: | Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Party: | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| Nationality: | Nepali |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Birth Date: | 1956 |
| Office: | Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development of Bagmati Province |
| Termend: | 2 November 2018 |
| Termstart: | 12 February 2018 |
| Governor: | Anuradha Koirala |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Dormani Poudel |
Keshav Sthapit is a former mayor of Kathmandu metropolitan city.[2] He also held the position of minister in Bagmati Pradesh[3] [4] and is a former member of the province's Assembly.[5] Keshav Sthapit was elected as the mayor of Kathmandu in 1997. After the royal takeover in 2005, he was appointed the Mayor of Kathmandu by the Monarch. In year 2005 he was top finalist for world best mayor. After the return of democracy, he was appointed as a Commissioner of Kathmandu Valley Development Authority after joining Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) but was removed from the post after only nine months.[6] He was a candidate for Member of Parliament from Kathmandu 6 in 2017, but came in fifth place under the ticket of Federal Socialist Party.[5] He returned to CPN-UML and became a Provincial Minister but was sacked by Chief Minister Dormani Poudel after misbehaving during cabinet meetings.[7] There have been multiple allegations of sexual assault against Sthapit.[8] [9]
| Kathmandu 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
| Nepali Congress | Bhimsen Das Pradhan | 14,151 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Yogesh Bhattarai | 12,874 | ||
| UCPN (Maoist) | Hem Lal Sharma | 5,945 | ||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Sanjay Man Shrestha | 2,385 | ||
| Federal Socialist Party, Nepal | Keshav Sthapit | 1,050 | ||
| Others | 2,821 | |||
| Result | Congress gain | |||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||