Kathmandu 5 (constituency)

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
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Kathmandu District
Electorate	64,550
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	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

• 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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Pradip Paudel	Nepali Congress	15,269	34.45
	Ishwor Pokharel	CPN (UML)	10,190	22.99
	Pranaya Shamsher Rana	Rastriya Swatantra Party	5,477	12.36
	Ram Prasda Upreti	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3,162	7.14
	Shreeram Gurung	Independent	2,761	6.23
	Hemraj Thapa	Independent	2,446	5.52
	Sushant Shrestha	Independent	1,712	3.86
	Shailesh Dangol	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	1,122	2.53
	Others		2,177	4.91
Total			44,316	100.00
Majority			5,079
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: [2]

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[3]

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[4][5]

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[4]

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: [1]

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: [2]

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

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.

External links

• Constituency map of Kathmandu