Kathmandu 7 (constituency)

Kathmandu 7
Parliamentary constituency
for the House of Representatives
Kathmandu 7 in Bagmati Province
Assembly segment Kathmandu 7(A) (red) and Kathmandu 7(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District
DistrictKathmandu
ProvinceBagmati Province
Electorate61,291
Current constituency
Created1994
PartyRastriya Swatantra Party
Member of ParliamentGanesh Parajuli

Kathmandu 7 is one of 10 parliamentary constituencies of Kathmandu District for the House of Representatives. The constituency in the current form was created during the first constituent assembly election in 2008 and has remained unchanged since then. It consists of wards 16, 17, 18 and 25 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, wards 1, 2 and 3 of Nagarjun Municipality and wards 3, 4 and 5 of Tarakeshwar Municipality. The current parliamentarian from this constituency is Ganesh Parajuli of Rastriya Swatantra Party.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segments.

  • Kathmandu 7(A)
  • Kathmandu 7(B)

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1994 Krishna Gopal Shrestha CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
1999 Tirtha Ram Dangol Nepali Congress
2008 Hisila Yami CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 UCPN (Maoist)
2013 Ram Bir Manandhar CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2022 Ganesh Parajuli Rastriya Swatantra Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ganesh ParajuliRastriya Swatantra Party8,74324.25
Shyam Kumar GhimireCPN (UML)6,80018.86
Manushi Yami BhattaraiCPN (Maoist Centre)6,06316.81
Dhruba Bikram MallaRastriya Prajatantra Party2,8637.94
Yadhav Lal KayasthaIndependent2,7827.71
Rajendra Prasad ShresthaPeople's Socialist Party, Nepal2,4616.82
Kiran K.C.Independent1,5704.35
Prabendra PokharelHamro Nepali Party1,5104.19
Ram Bir ManandharIndependent1,2153.37
Others2,0545.70
Total36,061100.00
Majority1,943
Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: [1]

Election in the 2010s

Party Candidate Votes %
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Bir Manandhar 18,102 48.38
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Bikram Bahadur Thapa 10,079 26.94
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Anupa Shrestha 5,376 14.37
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal Gyanendra Mohan Shrestha 1,781 4.76
Others 2,077 5.55
Invalid votes 1,261 3.26
Turnout 38,676 67.19
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Bir Manandhar 13,289
Nepali Congress Pramila Devi Singh Dangol 10,486
UCPN (Maoist) Hisila Yami 7,015
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Shailaja Pandey 4,180
Nepa Rastriya Party Bijay Prakash Sainju 1,343
Federal Socialist Party, Nepal Shesh Narayan Maharjan 1,159
Others 2,206
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: NepalNews[2]

Election in the 2000s

Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Maoist) Hisila Yami 12,276
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rajendra Prasad Shrestha 8,815
Nepali Congress Pramila Devi Singh Dangol 7,707
Nepa Rastriya Party Bijay Prakash Sainju 2,135
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Raja Ram Shrestha 1,627
Others 3,140
Invalid votes 1,808
Result CPN (Maoist) gain

Election in the 1990s

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Tirtha Ram Dangol 18,587
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Gopal Shrestha 15,304
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Ratna Bahadur Maharjan 6,957
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Dhan Bahadur R.K. 1,235
Others 733
Invalid votes 943
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[3]
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Gopal Shrestha 22,313
Nepali Congress Dhyan Govind Ranjit 11,129
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Shishir Prakash Dhital 3,673
Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal Lilamani Pokharel 2,565
Others 487
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

See also

References

  1. ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
  2. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  3. ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-23.