Kathmandu 2 (constituency)

Kathmandu 2 is one of 10 parliamentary constituencies of Kathmandu District in Nepal. Kathmandu 2(A) consisting Koteshwor and Pepsicola of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Kathmandu 2(B) consisting areas of Kageshwari-Manohara Municipality and Shankharapur Municipality. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.[1]

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
ProvinceBagmati Province
DistrictKathmandu District
Electorate74,755
Current constituency
Created1991
PartyRastriya Swatantra Party
Member of ParliamentSobita Gautam

Incorporated areas

Kathmandu 2 parliamentary constituency consists Koteshwor and Pepsicola of Kathmandu Metropolitan City ward 32. Along with Shankharapur Municipality wards 9 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
Election Member Party
1991 Daman Nath Dhungana Nepali Congress
1994 Bidya Devi Bhandari CPN (UML)
2008 Jhakku Prasad Subedi CPN (Maoist)
January 2009 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 Nepal Communist Party
March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
August 2021 CPN (Unified Socialist)
2022 Sobita Gautam Rastriya Swatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

Election results

2022 general election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Sobita GautamRastriya Swatantra Party15,23829.99
Maniram PhuyalCPN (UML)11,56622.76
Kunti Devi PokharelRastriya Prajatantra Party11,02421.69
Onsari Gharti MagarCPN (Maoist Centre)9,45918.61
Others3,5306.95
Total50,817100.00
Majority3,672
Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: [2]

2017 legislative elections
CandidatePartyVotes%
Madhav Kumar NepalCPN (UML)27,36653.39
Dipak Prasad KuikelNepali Congress14,90329.08
Surya Raj AcharyaBibeksheel Sajha Party7,43714.51
Others1,5493.02
Total51,255100.00
Valid votes51,25596.63
Invalid/blank votes1,7903.37
Total votes53,045100.00
Registered voters/turnout74,75570.96
Majority12,463
CPN (UML) gain
Source: [3]

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

2014 by-elections
CandidatePartyVotes%
Dipak Prasad KuikelNepali Congress18,20041.60
Krishna Gopal ShresthaCPN (UML)13,42130.68
Lila Mani PokharelUCPN (Maoist)4,60410.52
Navaraj SimkhadaRastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal3,7248.51
Mijendra Kaji ShresthaRastriya Prajatantra Party1,3483.08
Others2,4515.60
Total43,748100.00
Valid votes43,748100.00
Invalid/blank votes00.00
Total votes43,748100.00
Registered voters/turnout65,74566.54
Majority4,779
Nepali Congress gain
Source: [5]

2013 Constituent Assembly election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Madhav Kumar NepalCPN (UML)21,74744.02
Praitma GautamNepali Congress12,47925.26
Lila Mani PokharelUCPN (Maoist)7,13414.44
Navaraj SimkhadaRastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal5,35810.85
Others2,6805.43
Total49,398100.00
Valid votes49,39896.67
Invalid/blank votes1,7043.33
Total votes51,102100.00
Registered voters/turnout63,87380.01
Majority9,268
CPN (UML) gain
Source: [6][7][8]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jhakku Prasad SubediCPN (Maoist)13,85832.17
Madhav Kumar NepalCPN (UML)12,32528.61
Deepak Prasad KuikelNepali Congress11,54426.80
Deepak Meyar ShresthaRastriya Prajatantra Party1,5703.64
Navaraj SimkhadaRastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal1,5693.64
Others2,2125.13
Total43,078100.00
Valid votes43,07895.91
Invalid/blank votes1,8364.09
Total votes44,914100.00
Registered voters/turnout67,14166.90
Majority1,533
CPN (Maoist) gain
Source: Election Commission[9]

1999 legislative elections
CandidatePartyVotes%
Bidya Devi BhandariCPN (UML)12,55237.04
Ambika BasnetNepali Congress11,38733.61
Jit LamaCPN (Marxist–Leninist)8,33024.58
Others1,6154.77
Total33,884100.00
Valid votes33,88497.03
Invalid/blank votes1,0382.97
Total votes34,922100.00
Registered voters/turnout63,79654.74
CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission[10][11]

1994 legislative elections
CandidatePartyVotes%
Bidya Devi BhandariCPN (UML)21,76357.23
Daman Nath DhunganaNepali Congress13,06434.35
Krishna Prasad DahalRastriya Prajatantra Party2,2525.92
Others9482.49
Total38,027100.00
Majority8,699
CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission[10]

1991 legislative elections
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Daman Nath Dhungana 23310
Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal Krishna Sundar Malla 19837
Result Congress gain
Source:

See also

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