Kathmandu 7 (constituency)
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| Kathmandu 7 | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives | |
 Kathmandu 7 in Bagmati Province | |
 Assembly segment Kathmandu 7(A) (red) and Kathmandu 7(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District | |
| District | Kathmandu |
| Province | Bagmati Province |
| Electorate | 61,291 |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1994 |
| Party | Rastriya Swatantra Party |
| Member of Parliament | Ganesh Parajuli |
Kathmandu 7 is one of 10 parliamentary constituencies of Kathmandu District for the House of Representatives. The constituency in the current form was created during the first constituent assembly election in 2008 and has remained unchanged since then. It consists of wards 16, 17, 18 and 25 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, wards 1, 2 and 3 of Nagarjun Municipality and wards 3, 4 and 5 of Tarakeshwar Municipality. The current parliamentarian from this constituency is Ganesh Parajuli of Rastriya Swatantra Party.
Assembly segments
[edit]It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segments.
- Kathmandu 7(A)
- Kathmandu 7(B)
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Krishna Gopal Shrestha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| 1999 | Tirtha Ram Dangol | Nepali Congress | |
| 2008 | Hisila Yami | CPN (Maoist) | |
| January 2009 | UCPN (Maoist) | ||
| 2013 | Ram Bir Manandhar | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | |
| May 2018 | Nepal Communist Party | ||
| March 2021 | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | ||
| 2022 | Ganesh Parajuli | Rastriya Swatantra Party | |
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Election results
[edit]Election in the 2020s
[edit]2022 general election
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganesh Parajuli | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 8,743 | 24.25 | |
| Shyam Kumar Ghimire | CPN (UML) | 6,800 | 18.86 | |
| Manushi Yami Bhattarai | CPN (Maoist Centre) | 6,063 | 16.81 | |
| Dhruba Bikram Malla | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 2,863 | 7.94 | |
| Yadhav Lal Kayastha | Independent | 2,782 | 7.71 | |
| Rajendra Prasad Shrestha | People's Socialist Party, Nepal | 2,461 | 6.82 | |
| Kiran K.C. | Independent | 1,570 | 4.35 | |
| Prabendra Pokharel | Hamro Nepali Party | 1,510 | 4.19 | |
| Ram Bir Manandhar | Independent | 1,215 | 3.37 | |
| Others | 2,054 | 5.70 | ||
| Total | 36,061 | 100.00 | ||
| Majority | 1,943 | |||
| Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | ||||
| Source: [1] | ||||
Election in the 2010s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Bir Manandhar | 18,102 | 48.38 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Bikram Bahadur Thapa | 10,079 | 26.94 | |
| Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Anupa Shrestha | 5,376 | 14.37 | |
| Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Gyanendra Mohan Shrestha | 1,781 | 4.76 | |
| Others | 2,077 | 5.55 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,261 | 3.26 | ||
| Turnout | 38,676 | 67.19 | ||
| Result | CPN (UML) hold | |||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||
Kathmandu 7(A)[edit]
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Kathmandu 7(B)[edit]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Ram Bir Manandhar | 13,289 | |
| Nepali Congress | Pramila Devi Singh Dangol | 10,486 | |
| UCPN (Maoist) | Hisila Yami | 7,015 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Shailaja Pandey | 4,180 | |
| Nepa Rastriya Party | Bijay Prakash Sainju | 1,343 | |
| Federal Socialist Party, Nepal | Shesh Narayan Maharjan | 1,159 | |
| Others | 2,206 | ||
| Result | CPN (UML) gain | ||
| Source: NepalNews[2] | |||
Election in the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Maoist) | Hisila Yami | 12,276 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rajendra Prasad Shrestha | 8,815 | |
| Nepali Congress | Pramila Devi Singh Dangol | 7,707 | |
| Nepa Rastriya Party | Bijay Prakash Sainju | 2,135 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Raja Ram Shrestha | 1,627 | |
| Others | 3,140 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,808 | ||
| Result | CPN (Maoist) gain | ||
Election in the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Tirtha Ram Dangol | 18,587 | |
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Gopal Shrestha | 15,304 | |
| CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Ratna Bahadur Maharjan | 6,957 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Dhan Bahadur R.K. | 1,235 | |
| Others | 733 | ||
| Invalid votes | 943 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission[3] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Gopal Shrestha | 22,313 | |
| Nepali Congress | Dhyan Govind Ranjit | 11,129 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Shishir Prakash Dhital | 3,673 | |
| Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal | Lilamani Pokharel | 2,565 | |
| Others | 487 | ||
| Result | CPN (UML) gain | ||
| Source: Election Commission | |||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
- ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-23.