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.
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 ElectionMemberParty1991Madan BhandariCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)1992 by-electionKrishna Gopal Shrestha1994Rajendra Prasad ShresthaMarch 1998CPN (Marxist-Leninist)1999Mangal Siddhi ManandharCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)2008Narahari AcharyaNepali Congress2017Ishwar PokhrelCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)2022Pradip PaudelNepali Congress2026Sasmit PokharelRastriya Swatantra Party
Provincial Assembly
5(A) ElectionMemberParty2017Narayan Bahadur SilwalCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
5(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Dipak NiraulaCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
Election results
Election in the 2020s
2026 general election
2022 general election
Election in the 2010s
2017 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Ishwar Pokhrel23,029Nepali CongressPrakash Sharan Mahat13,169Bibeksheel Sajha PartyUjwal Bahadur Thapa6,853Others1,659Invalid votes1,154ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
Kathmandu 5(A) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Narayan Bahadur Silwal7,790Nepali CongressRama Paudyal4,309Bibeksheel Sajha PartyRamhari Adhikari4,021Others712Invalid votes338ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
Kathmandu 5(B) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Dipak Niraula13,879Nepali CongressRamesh Kumar Khadka9,524Bibeksheel Sajha PartyHari Krishna Shrestha3,432Others1,300Invalid votes591ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressNarahari Acharya15,364CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Ishwar Pokhrel14,723Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalRaja Ram Shrestha4,359UCPN (Maoist)Mahendra Kumar Shrestha3,655IndependentUjwal Bahadur Thapa1,163Others2,674ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressNarahari Acharya13,245CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Ishwar Pokhrel9,120CPN (Maoist)Dipendra Prakash Maharjan8,089Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalKamal Thapa3,925CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Daman Bahdur Khatri1,022Others2,194Invalid votes1,389ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission
Election in the 1990s
1999 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Mangal Sidhhi Manandhar14,303CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Rajendra Prasad Shrestha8,565Nepali CongressMukunda Regmi8,248Rastriya Prajatantra PartyGyanu Lama2,189Others1,284Invalid Votes1,206ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
1994 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Rajendra Prasad Shrestha19,312Nepali CongressShyam Lal Shrestha6,935Rastriya Prajatantra PartyPurna Ratna Shakya4,555Others1,799ResultCPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission
1992 by-elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Krishna Gopal Shrestha21,253Nepali CongressTiirtha Ram Dangol15,926ResultCPN (UML) holdSource:
1991 legislative elections PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)Madan Bhandari27,475Nepali CongressHari Bol Bhattarai18,928ResultCPN (UML) gainSource:
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
References
External links
Constituency map of Kathmandu