Kathmandu 9 (constituency)

Kathmandu 9 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 9
Parliamentary Constituency
for the House of Representatives
Kathmandu 9 in Bagmati Province
Assembly segment Kathmandu 9(A) (red) and Kathmandu 9(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District
ProvinceBagmati Province
DistrictKathmandu District
Electorate67,651
Current constituency
Created2008
PartyNepal Communist Party
Member of ParliamentKrishna Gopal Shrestha

Incorporated areas

Kathmandu 9 parliamentary constituency consists of wards 12, 14, 21 and 22 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, wards 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Nagarjun Municipality and wards 1, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of Chandragiri Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Pradesh Provincial Assembly segment

  • Kathmandu 9(A)
  • Kathmandu 9(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly
Election Member Party
2008 Dhyan Govinda Ranjit Nepali Congress
2017 Krishna Gopal Shrestha CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2017 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Gopal Shrestha 22,852
Nepali Congress Dhyan Govinda Ranjit 14,802
Bibeksheel Sajha Party Milan Pandey 4,946
Others 2,475
Invalid votes 1,154
Result CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dhyan Govinda Ranjit 14,483
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Gopal Shrestha 13,100
UCPN (Maoist) Devendra Paudel 6,669
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Devendra Pradhan 4,490
Federal Socialist Party, Nepal Radha Krishna Maharjan 1,547
Others 3,417
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[2]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Dhyan Govinda Ranjit 12,501
UCPN (Maoist) Maila Lama Tamang 12,292
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Krishna Gopal Shrestha 12,194
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Badri Raj Giri 1,110
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Rukmani Basnet 1,083
Others 2,428
Invalid votes 1,787
Result Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

See also

References
  1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
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