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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	Rastriya Swatantra Party
Member of Parliament	Sobita Gautam

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]

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

	Member	Party
1991	Daman Nath Dhungana	Nepali Congress
1994	Bidya Devi Bhandari	CPN (UML)
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		Nepal Communist Party
March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
August 2021		CPN (Unified Socialist)
2022	Sobita Gautam	Rastriya Swatantra 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 2020s

2022 general election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sobita Gautam	Rastriya Swatantra Party	15,238	29.99
	Maniram Phuyal	CPN (UML)	11,566	22.76
	Kunti Devi Pokharel	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	11,024	21.69
	Onsari Gharti Magar	CPN (Maoist Centre)	9,459	18.61
	Others	3,530	6.95
Total			50,817	100.00

Majority			3,672
	Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: ^[2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Madhav Kumar Nepal	CPN (UML)	27,366	53.39
	Dipak Prasad Kuikel	Nepali Congress	14,903	29.08
	Surya Raj Acharya	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	7,437	14.51
	Others	1,549	3.02
Total			51,255	100.00

Valid votes			51,255	96.63
Invalid/blank votes			1,790	3.37
Total votes			53,045	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			74,755	70.96

Majority			12,463
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: ^[3]

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Kathmandu 2(A)


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Sanu Kumar Shrestha	CPN (UML)	8,936	45.11
	Lokesh Dhakal	Nepali Congress	5,758	29.07
	Rishika Bhattarai	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	4,682	23.63
	Others	434	2.19
Total			19,810	100.00

Valid votes			19,810	98.96
Invalid/blank votes			208	1.04
Total votes			20,018	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			30,222	66.24

Majority			3,178
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: ^[4]

Kathmandu 2(B)


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Maniram Phuyal	CPN (UML)	16,575	51.78
	Manahari Khadka	Nepali Congress	8,268	25.83
	Ramesh Napit	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	3,588	11.21
	Keshav Paudel	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	2,660	8.31
	Others	919	2.87
Total			32,010	100.00

Valid votes			32,010	99.06
Invalid/blank votes			303	0.94
Total votes			32,313	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			44,534	72.56

Majority			8,307
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: ^[4]

2014 by-elections


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Dipak Prasad Kuikel	Nepali Congress	18,200	41.60
	Krishna Gopal Shrestha	CPN (UML)	13,421	30.68
	Lila Mani Pokharel	UCPN (Maoist)	4,604	10.52
	Navaraj Simkhada	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	3,724	8.51
	Mijendra Kaji Shrestha	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,348	3.08
	Others	2,451	5.60
Total			43,748	100.00

Valid votes			43,748	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			43,748	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			65,745	66.54

Majority			4,779
	Nepali Congress gain
Source: ^[5]

2013 Constituent Assembly election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Madhav Kumar Nepal	CPN (UML)	21,747	44.02
	Praitma Gautam	Nepali Congress	12,479	25.26
	Lila Mani Pokharel	UCPN (Maoist)	7,134	14.44
	Navaraj Simkhada	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	5,358	10.85
	Others	2,680	5.43
Total			49,398	100.00

Valid votes			49,398	96.67
Invalid/blank votes			1,704	3.33
Total votes			51,102	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			63,873	80.01

Majority			9,268
	CPN (UML) gain
Source: ^[6]^[7]^[8]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jhakku Prasad Subedi	CPN (Maoist)	13,858	32.17
	Madhav Kumar Nepal	CPN (UML)	12,325	28.61
	Deepak Prasad Kuikel	Nepali Congress	11,544	26.80
	Deepak Meyar Shrestha	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	1,570	3.64
	Navaraj Simkhada	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	1,569	3.64
	Others	2,212	5.13
Total			43,078	100.00

Valid votes			43,078	95.91
Invalid/blank votes			1,836	4.09
Total votes			44,914	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			67,141	66.90

Majority			1,533
	CPN (Maoist) gain
Source: Election Commission^[9]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bidya Devi Bhandari	CPN (UML)	12,552	37.04
	Ambika Basnet	Nepali Congress	11,387	33.61
	Jit Lama	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	8,330	24.58
	Others	1,615	4.77
Total			33,884	100.00

Valid votes			33,884	97.03
Invalid/blank votes			1,038	2.97
Total votes			34,922	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			63,796	54.74
	CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission^[10]^[11]

1994 legislative elections


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Bidya Devi Bhandari	CPN (UML)	21,763	57.23
	Daman Nath Dhungana	Nepali Congress	13,064	34.35
	Krishna Prasad Dahal	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,252	5.92
	Others	948	2.49
Total			38,027	100.00

Majority			8,699
	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: [1]

References

^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal.
^ ^a ^b "प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन, २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal.
^ "Observation Newsletter #8-9" (in Nepali). Nepal: Nepal Election Observation Committee. June 2014.
^ "Download FPTP Results(XML)". 2017-05-20. Archived from the original on 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2022-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचनमा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार सदर मत र बदर मत". archive.ph. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2022-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या" (PDF). 2014-04-01. Archived from the original on 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2022-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "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.

[2022el-2] "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.

[3] "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal.

[2017pa-4] "प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन, २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक" (PDF). Election Commission of Nepal.

[5] "Observation Newsletter #8-9" (in Nepali). Nepal: Nepal Election Observation Committee. June 2014.

[6] "Download FPTP Results(XML)". 2017-05-20. Archived from the original on 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2022-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[7] "पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचनमा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार सदर मत र बदर मत". archive.ph. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2022-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[8] "निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या" (PDF). 2014-04-01. Archived from the original on 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2022-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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

[archive-10] "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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

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