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{{Infobox constituency
|name              = Kathmandu 7
|type              = Parliamentary
|constituency_link = 
|parl_name         = [[Pratinidhi Sabha|House of Representatives]]
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|caption           =Kathmandu 7 in [[Bagmati Province]] 
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|image2            =Kathmandu7PradeshSabha.png 
|caption2          =Assembly segment Kathmandu 7(A) (red) and Kathmandu 7(B) (blue) within [[Kathmandu District]] 
|district_label    = District<!-- can be State/Province, region, county -->
|district          = [[Kathmandu District|Kathmandu]]
|region_label      = Province<!-- can be State/Province, region, county -->
|region            = [[Bagmati Province]]
|population        = 
|electorate        = 61,291
|towns             = 
|future            = 
|year              = 1994<!-- year of establishment -->
|abolished_label   = 
|abolished         = 
|members_label     = [[Member of Parliament]]
|members           = [[Ganesh Parajuli]]
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|elects_howmany    = 
|party_label       = <!-- defaults to "Party" -->
|party             = [[Rastriya Swatantra Party]]
}}

'''Kathmandu 7''' is one of 10 parliamentary constituencies of [[Kathmandu District]] for the [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|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| Tarakeshwar Municipality]]. The current parliamentarian from this constituency is [[Ganesh Parajuli]] of [[Rastriya Swatantra Party]].

== Assembly segments ==
It encompasses the following [[Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Pradesh|Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly]] segments.

* Kathmandu 7(A)
* Kathmandu 7(B)

== Members of Parliament ==

=== [[Federal Parliament of Nepal|Parliament/Constituent Assembly]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Election
!Member
!Party
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |
|[[1994 Nepalese general election|1994]]
|[[Krishna Gopal Shrestha]]
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[1999 Nepalese legislative election|1999]]
|[[Tirtha Ram Dangol]]
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |
|[[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Hisila Yami]]
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|CPN (Maoist)]]
|-
|''January 2009''
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|UCPN (Maoist)]]
|-
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |
|[[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Ram Bir Manandhar]]
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|-
|''May 2018''
|[[Nepal Communist Party]]
|-
|''March 2021''
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Rastriya Swatantra Party}}"|
|[[2022 Nepalese general election|2022]]
| [[Ganesh Parajuli]]
| [[Rastriya Swatantra Party]]
|}

=== [[Provincial Assembly of Bagmati Pradesh|Provincial Assembly]] ===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}

==== 7(A) ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Election
!Member
!Party
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |
|[[2017 Nepalese provincial elections|2017]]
| rowspan="4" |Basanta Prasad Manadhar
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|''May 2018''
|[[Nepal Communist Party]]
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|''March 2021''
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}}" |
|''August 2021''
|[[CPN (Unified Socialist)]]
|-
|}
{{Col-2}}

==== 7(B) ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Election
!Seat
!Member
!Party
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |
|[[2017 Nepalese provincial elections|2017]]
| rowspan="2" |7(B)
| rowspan="2" |Prakash Shrestha
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|-
|''May 2018''
|[[Nepal Communist Party]]
|}
{{Col-end}}

==Election results==

=== Election in the 2020s ===

==== 2022 general election ====
{{Election results|cand1=[[Ganesh Parajuli]]|party1=[[Rastriya Swatantra Party]]|votes1=8743|cand2=Shyam Kumar Ghimire|party2=[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (UML)]]|votes2=6800|cand3=Manushi Yami Bhattarai|party3=[[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|CPN (Maoist Centre)]]|votes3=6063|cand4=Dhruba Bikram Malla|party4=[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]|votes4=2863|cand5=Yadhav Lal Kayastha|party5=[[Independent politician|Independent]]|votes5=2782|cand6=[[Rajendra Prasad Shrestha]]|party6=[[People's Socialist Party, Nepal (2020)|People's Socialist Party, Nepal]]|votes6=2461|cand7=Kiran K.C.|party7=[[Independent politician|Independent]]|votes7=1570|cand8=Prabendra Pokharel|party8=[[Hamro Nepali Party]]|votes8=1510|cand9=[[Ram Bir Manandhar]]|party9=[[Independent politician|Independent]]|votes9=1215|cand10=Others|votes10=2054|invalid=|electorate=|result=[[Rastriya Swatantra Party]] gain|majority=1943|source=<ref name="2022el">{{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral2079.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}</ref>}}

=== Election in the 2010s ===

====[[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 Legislative Election]]====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party!! Candidate!! Votes
!%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|[[Ram Bir Manandhar]]
|18,102
|48.38
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Rastriya Prajatantra Party}}" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]
|Bikram Bahadur Thapa
|10,079
|26.94
|-
| style="background-color:#183F73" |
|[[Bibeksheel Sajha Party]]
|Anupa Shrestha
|5,376
|14.37
|-
| style="background-color:#ffc0cb"|
|[[Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal]]
|Gyanendra Mohan Shrestha
|1,781
|4.76
|-
| colspan="3" |Others
|2,077
|5.55
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|1,261
|3.26
|-
! colspan="3" |Turnout
!38,676
!67.19
|-
! colspan="2" |Result 
! colspan="3" |CPN (UML) hold
|-
| colspan="5" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultState.aspx Election Commission]
|}

==== [[2017 Nepalese provincial elections|2017 provincial elections]] ====
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{{Col-2}}

===== Kathmandu 7(A) =====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party!! Candidate!! Votes
!%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Basanta Prasad Manandhar
|8,800
|37.86
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Bijaya Bahadur Mali
|8,766
|37.72
|-
| style="background-color:#183F73" |
|[[Bibeksheel Sajha Party]]
|Bikash Ranjit
|3,383
|14.56
|-
| colspan="3" |Others
|2,292
|9.86
|-
|colspan="3"|Invalid votes
|546
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Result 
! colspan="3" |CPN (UML) gain
|-
| colspan="5" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultState.aspx Election Commission]
|}
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===== Kathmandu 7(B) =====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party!! Candidate!! Votes
!%
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Prakash Shrestha
|6,022
|41.53
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Dharma Raj Aryal
|5,302
|36.56
|-
| style="background-color:grey" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|Bidur Dhamala
|1,351
|9.32
|-
| style="background-color:#183F73" |
|[[Bibeksheel Sajha Party]]
|Prem Lama
|1,116
|7.70
|-
| colspan="3" |Others
|711
|4.90
|-
|colspan="3"|Invalid votes
|418
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Result 
! colspan="3" |CPN (UML) gain
|-
| colspan="5" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultState.aspx Election Commission]
|}
{{Col-end}}

====[[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 Constituent Assembly Election]]====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party!! Candidate!! Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|[[Ram Bir Manandhar]]
|13,289
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Pramila Devi Singh Dangol
|10,486
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|UCPN (Maoist)]]
|[[Hisila Yami]]
|7,015
|-
| style="background-color:orange" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal]]
|Shailaja Pandey
|4,180
|-
| style="background-color:tomato"|
|[[Nepa Rastriya Party]]
|Bijay Prakash Sainju
|1,343
|-
| style="background-color:pink" |
|[[Federal Socialist Party, Nepal]]
|Shesh Narayan Maharjan
|1,159
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|2,206
|-
! colspan="2" |Result 
! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: NepalNews<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-25|title=Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens|url=http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/kathmandu.php#top|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325223357/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/kathmandu.php#top|archive-date=2015-03-25}}</ref>
|-
|}

=== Election in the 2000s ===

====[[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008 Constituent Assembly Election]]====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party!! Candidate!! Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|CPN (Maoist)]]
|[[Hisila Yami]]
|12,276
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Rajendra Prasad Shrestha
|8,815
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Pramila Devi Singh Dangol
|7,707
|-
| style="background-color:tomato"|
|[[Nepa Rastriya Party]]
|Bijay Prakash Sainju
|2,135
|-
| style="background-color:orange"|
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal]]
|Raja Ram Shrestha
|1,627
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|3,140
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|1,808
|-
! colspan="2" |Result 
! colspan="2" |CPN (Maoist) gain
|-
|}

=== Election in the 1990s ===

==== [[1999 Nepalese legislative election|1999 legislative election]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party!! Candidate!! Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|[[Tirtha Ram Dangol]]
|18,587
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|[[Krishna Gopal Shrestha]]
|15,304
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (1998)|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Ratna Bahadur Maharjan
|6,957
|-
| style="background-color:gold" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]
|Dhan Bahadur R.K.
|1,235
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|733
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|943
|-
! colspan="2" |Result  
! colspan="2" |Congress gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-23|website=nepalresearch.org}}</ref>
|-
|}

==== [[1994 Nepalese legislative election|1994 legislative elections]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party!! Candidate!! Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|[[Krishna Gopal Shrestha]]
|22,313
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Dhyan Govind Ranjit
|11,129
|-
| style="background-color:gold" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]
|Shishir Prakash Dhital
|3,673
|-
| style="background-color:firebrick" |
|[[Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal|Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal]]
|Lilamani Pokharel
|2,565
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|487
|-
! colspan="2" |Result  
! colspan="2" |CPN (UML) gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission
|-
|}

== See also ==

* [[List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://www.election.gov.np/ecn/uploads/userfiles/maps/KATHMANDU.pdf Constituency map of Kathmandu]
{{House of Representatives constituencies in Bagmati Province}}

[[Category:Parliamentary constituencies of Nepal]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 2008]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Nepal]]