Kathmandu 5 (constituency)

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]

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
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentIshwor Pokharel

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 Pradesh 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

Provincial Assembly

Election results

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

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

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[2]

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[3][4]

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[3]

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. "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.
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