Kathmandu 2 (constituency)

Kathmandu 2
Kathmandu 2
Parliamentary Constituency; for the House of Representatives
	Kathmandu 2 in Bagmati Province
	Assembly segment Kathmandu 2(A) (red) and Kathmandu 2(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Kathmandu District
Electorate	74,755
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Madhav Kumar Nepal

Kathmandu 2 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]

Incorporated areas[]

Kathmandu 2 parliamentary constituency consists of Shankharapur Municipality, wards 9 and 32 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and wards 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Kageshwari-Manohara Municipality.

Assembly segments[]

It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segment

Kathmandu 2(A)
Kathmandu 2(B)

Members of Parliament[]

Parliament/Constituent Assembly[]

	Member	Party
1991	Daman Nath Dhungana	Nepali Congress
1994	Bidya Devi Bhandari	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008	Jhakku Prasad Subedi	CPN (Maoist)
January 2009	Jhakku Prasad Subedi	UCPN (Maoist)
2013	Madhav Kumar Nepal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2014 by-election	Deepak Prasad Kuikel	Nepali Congress
2017	Madhav Kumar Nepal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
May 2018	Madhav Kumar Nepal	Nepal Communist Party

Provincial Assembly[]

2(A)[]

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Sanu Kumar Shrestha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018	Sanu Kumar Shrestha	Nepal Communist Party

2(B)[]

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Maniram Phuyal	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018	Maniram Phuyal	Nepal Communist Party

Election results[]

Election in the 2010s[]

2017 legislative elections[]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Madhav Kumar Nepal	27,366
	Nepali Congress	Dipak Prasad Kuikel	14,903
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Surya Raj Acharya	7,437
	Others		1,549
Invalid votes			1,790
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections[]

Kathmandu 2(A)[]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sanu Kumar Shrestha	8,936
	Nepali Congress	Lokesh Dhakal	5,758
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Rishika Bhattarai	4,682
	Others		434
Invalid votes			208
Result		CPN UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Kathmandu 2(B)[]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Maniram Phuyal	16,575
	Nepali Congress	Manahari Khadka	8,268
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Ramesh Napit	3,588
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Keshav Paudel	2,660
	Others		919
Invalid votes			303
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2014 by-elections[]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Deepak Prasad Kuikel	18,200
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Gopal Shrestha	13,421
	UCPN (Maoist)	Lila Mani Pokharel	4,604
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Navaraj Simkhada	3,724
Result		Congress gain
Source: Kathmandu Post^[2]

2013 Constituent Assembly election[]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Madhav Kumar Nepal	21,747
	Nepali Congress	Praitma Gautam	12,479
	UCPN (Maoist)	Lila Mani Pokharel	7,134
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Nawa Raj Simkhada	5,358
	Others		2,680
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2000s[]

2008 Constituent Assembly election[]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Jhakku Prasad Subedi	13,858
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Madhav Kumar Nepal	12,325
	Nepali Congress	Deepak Prasad Kuikel	11,544
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Deepak Meyar Shrestha	1,570
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Nawa Raj Simkhada	1,569
	Others		2,212
	Invalid votes		1,836
Result		CPN (Maoist) gain
Source: Election Commission^[3]

Election in the 1990s[]

1999 legislative elections[]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bidya Devi Bhandari	12,552
	Nepali Congress	Ambika Basnet	11,387
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Jit Lama	8,330
	Others		1,615
Invalid Votes			1,038
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission^[4]^[5]

1994 legislative elections[]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Bidya Devi Bhandari	21,763
	Nepali Congress	Daman Nath Dhungana	13,064
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Krishna Prasad Dahal	2,252
	Others		948
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission^[4]

1991 legislative elections[]

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Daman Nath Dhungana	23,310
	Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal	Krishna Sundar Malla	19,837
Result		Congress gain
Source: [1]

References[]

^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "EC makes formal announcement of CA by-poll results". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
^ ^a ^b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links[]

Constituency map of Kathmandu

[1] "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2] "EC makes formal announcement of CA by-poll results". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[3] "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

[archive-4] "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

[5] "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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