Kathmandu 1 (constituency)

Kathmandu 1 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]

Kathmandu 1
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Kathmandu 1 in Bagmati Province
Assembly segment Kathmandu 1(A) (red) and Kathmandu 1(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District
ProvinceBagmati Province
DistrictKathmandu District
Electorate42,430
Current constituency
Created2017
PartyNepali Congress
Member of ParliamentPrakash Man Singh

Incorporated areas

Kathmandu 1 parliamentary constituency consist area of ward number 10, 11, 29 and 31 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Pradesh Provincial Assembly segment

  • Kathmandu 1(A)
  • Kathmandu 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
ElectionMemberParty
1991 Madan Bhandari CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
1994 by-election Bidya Devi Bhandari
1994 Man Mohan Adhikari
1997 by-election Narayan Prasad Dhakal
1999 Pradip Nepal
2008 Prakash Man Singh Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Prakash Man Singh 10,936
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Rabindra Mishra 10,118
CPN (Maoist Centre) Anil Sharma 5,336
Others 1,292
Invalid votes 593
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Prakash Man Singh 15,138
CPN (Maoist Centre) Renu Dahal 4,064
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Bharat Mani Jangam 3,732
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Bidhya Neupane 3,501
Others 2,499
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Prakash Man Singh 14,318
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Pradip Nepal 6,789
CPN (Maoist Centre) Ram Man Shrestha 4,836
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Gobinda Lamichhane 1,042
Others 3,336
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[2]

1999 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Pradip Nepal 17,601
Independent Lokesh Dhakal 15,219
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) Bam Dev Gautam 6,089
Others 1,959
Invalid Votes 695
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[3][4]

1997 by-elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Narayan Prasad Dhakal
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[5]

1994 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Man Mohan Adhikari 25,672
Nepali Congress Hari Bol Bhattarai 13,684
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nawa Raj Sinkhada 5,936
Others 1,505
Result CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[3]

1994 by-elections
Party Candidate
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Bidya Devi Bhandari
Nepali Congress Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Result CPN (UML) hold

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes[6]
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Madan Bhandari 27,372
Nepali Congress Krishna Prasad Bhattarai 26,621
Result CPN (UML) gain

See also

References
  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  3. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  4. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
  5. "प्रतिनिधिसभाको सदस्य निर्वाचित भएको". Department of Printing | Rajpatra. 1997-02-28. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  6. "COMMUNIST WINS IN NEPAL". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
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