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Kathmandu 5
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Kathmandu 5 in Bagmati Province
Assembly segment Kathmandu 5(A) (red) and Kathmandu 5(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District
ProvinceBagmati Province
DistrictKathmandu District
Electorate64,550
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyNepali Congress
Member of ParliamentPradip 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.

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

  • Kathmandu 5(A)
  • Kathmandu 5(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election Member Party
1991 Madan Bhandari CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
1992 by-election Krishna Gopal Shrestha
1994 Rajendra Prasad Shrestha
March 1998 CPN (Marxist-Leninist)
1999 Mangal Siddhi Manandhar CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
2008 Narahari Acharya Nepali Congress
2017 Ishwar Pokhrel CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
2022 Pradip Paudel Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

5(A)

Election Member Party
2017 Narayan Bahadur Silwal CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

5(B)

Election Member Party
2017 Dipak Niraula CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Pradip PaudelNepali Congress15,26934.45
Ishwor PokharelCPN (UML)10,19022.99
Pranaya Shamsher RanaRastriya Swatantra Party5,47712.36
Ram Prasda UpretiRastriya Prajatantra Party3,1627.14
Shreeram GurungIndependent2,7616.23
Hemraj ThapaIndependent2,4465.52
Sushant ShresthaIndependent1,7123.86
Shailesh DangolNepal Workers Peasants Party1,1222.53
Others2,1774.91
Total44,316100.00
Majority5,079
Nepali Congress gain
Source:

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Ishwar Pokhrel 23,029
Nepali Congress Prakash Sharan Mahat 13,169
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Ujwal Bahadur Thapa 6,853
Others 1,659
Invalid votes 1,154
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Kathmandu 5(A)
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Narayan Bahadur Silwal 7,790
Nepali Congress Rama Paudyal 4,309
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Ramhari Adhikari 4,021
Others 712
Invalid votes 338
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission
Kathmandu 5(B)
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Dipak Niraula 13,879
Nepali Congress Ramesh Kumar Khadka 9,524
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Hari Krishna Shrestha 3,432
Others 1,300
Invalid votes 591
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Narahari Acharya 15,364
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Ishwar Pokhrel 14,723
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Raja Ram Shrestha 4,359
UCPN (Maoist) Mahendra Kumar Shrestha 3,655
Independent Ujwal Bahadur Thapa 1,163
Others 2,674
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Narahari Acharya 13,245
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Ishwar Pokhrel 9,120
CPN (Maoist) Dipendra Prakash Maharjan 8,089
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Kamal Thapa 3,925
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Daman Bahdur Khatri 1,022
Others 2,194
Invalid votes 1,389
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Mangal Sidhhi Manandhar 14,303
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Rajendra Prasad Shrestha 8,565
Nepali Congress Mukunda Regmi 8,248
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Gyanu Lama 2,189
Others 1,284
Invalid Votes 1,206
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

1994 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Rajendra Prasad Shrestha 19,312
Nepali Congress Shyam Lal Shrestha 6,935
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Purna Ratna Shakya 4,555
Others 1,799
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission

1992 by-elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Krishna Gopal Shrestha 21,253
Nepali Congress Tiirtha Ram Dangol 15,926
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source:

1991 legislative elections

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Madan Bhandari 27,475
Nepali Congress Hari Bol Bhattarai 18,928
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source:

See also

References

  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  3. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. ^ "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.


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