Kathmandu 8 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 8 parliamentary constituency consists of wards 13, 15, 19, 20, 23 and 24 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and wards 4 and 5 of Nagarjun Municipality.
Assembly segments It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segment
Kathmandu 8(A) Kathmandu 8(B)
Members of Parliament
Parliament/Constituent Assembly ElectionMemberParty2008Nabindra Raj JoshiNepali Congress2017Jeevan Ram ShresthaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)August 2021CPN (Unified Socialist)2022Biraj Bhakta ShresthaRastriya Swatantra Party2026
Provincial Assembly
8(A) ElectionMemberParty2017Rajesh ShakyaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist Party
8(B) ElectionMemberParty2017Astha Laxmi SakyaCPN (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)Jeevan Ram Shrestha13,397Nepali CongressNabindra Raj Joshi12,963Bibeksheel Sajha PartyPukar Bam4,414Others1,327Invalid votes9,80ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
Kathmandu 8(A) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rajesh Shakya7,780Nepali CongressRajya Laxmi Shrestha6,176Bibeksheel Sajha PartyAnil Tuladhar3,257Others1,507Invalid votes439ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
Kathmandu 8(B) PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Astha Laxmi Sakya5,169Nepali CongressDev Ratna Dangol3,669Rastriya Prajatantra PartyPrakash Rimal2,621Bibeksheel Sajha PartyShyam Krishna Shakya1,273Others542Invalid votes345ResultCPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission
2013 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressNabindra Raj Joshi13,774CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Jeevan Ram Shrestha6,367Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalPrakash Rimal4,938UCPN (Maoist)Mukti Narayan Pradhan2,765Federal Socialist Party, NepalPabitra Bajracharya2,492Nepa Rastriya PartyNaresh Bir Shakya1,556Others2,391ResultCongress holdSource: Election Commission
Election in the 2000s
2008 Constituent Assembly election PartyCandidateVotesNepali CongressNabindra Raj Joshi11,005CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Astha Laxmi Sakya6,878CPN (Maoist)Sarbottam Dangol6,573Nepa Rastriya PartyNaresh Bir Shakya3,975Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalBikram Bahadur Thapa2,093Others2,424Invalid votes1,550ResultCongress gainSource: Election Commission
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
References
External links
Constituency map of Kathmandu