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 It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segments.

Kathmandu 7(A) Kathmandu 7(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly ElectionMemberParty1994Krishna Gopal ShresthaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)1999Tirtha Ram DangolNepali Congress2008Hisila YamiCPN (Maoist)January 2009UCPN (Maoist)2013Ram Bir ManandharCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)2022 Ganesh Parajuli Rastriya Swatantra Party2026

Provincial Assembly

7(A) ElectionMemberParty2017Basanta Prasad ManadharCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist PartyMarch 2021CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)August 2021CPN (Unified Socialist)

7(B) ElectionSeatMemberParty20177(B)Prakash ShresthaCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)May 2018Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2026 general election

2022 general election

Election in the 2010s

2017 Legislative Election Party Candidate Votes%CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Bir Manandhar18,10248.38Rastriya Prajatantra PartyBikram Bahadur Thapa10,07926.94Bibeksheel Sajha PartyAnupa Shrestha5,37614.37Federal Socialist Forum, NepalGyanendra Mohan Shrestha1,7814.76Others2,0775.55Invalid votes1,2613.26Turnout38,67667.19Result CPN (UML) holdSource: Election Commission

2017 provincial elections

Kathmandu 7(A) Party Candidate Votes%CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Basanta Prasad Manandhar8,80037.86Nepali CongressBijaya Bahadur Mali8,76637.72Bibeksheel Sajha PartyBikash Ranjit3,38314.56Others2,2929.86Invalid votes546Result CPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

Kathmandu 7(B) Party Candidate Votes%CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Prakash Shrestha6,02241.53Nepali CongressDharma Raj Aryal5,30236.56IndependentBidur Dhamala1,3519.32Bibeksheel Sajha PartyPrem Lama1,1167.70Others7114.90Invalid votes418Result CPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly Election Party Candidate VotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ram Bir Manandhar13,289Nepali CongressPramila Devi Singh Dangol10,486UCPN (Maoist)Hisila Yami7,015Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalShailaja Pandey4,180Nepa Rastriya PartyBijay Prakash Sainju1,343Federal Socialist Party, NepalShesh Narayan Maharjan1,159Others2,206Result CPN (UML) gainSource: NepalNews

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly Election Party Candidate VotesCPN (Maoist)Hisila Yami12,276CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Rajendra Prasad Shrestha8,815Nepali CongressPramila Devi Singh Dangol7,707Nepa Rastriya PartyBijay Prakash Sainju2,135Rastriya Prajatantra Party NepalRaja Ram Shrestha1,627Others3,140Invalid votes1,808Result CPN (Maoist) gain

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative election Party Candidate VotesNepali CongressTirtha Ram Dangol18,587CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Krishna Gopal Shrestha15,304CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Ratna Bahadur Maharjan6,957Rastriya Prajatantra PartyDhan Bahadur R.K.1,235Others733Invalid votes943Result Congress gainSource: Election Commission

1994 legislative elections Party Candidate VotesCPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Krishna Gopal Shrestha22,313Nepali CongressDhyan Govind Ranjit11,129Rastriya Prajatantra PartyShishir Prakash Dhital3,673Samyukta Jana Morcha NepalLilamani Pokharel2,565Others487Result CPN (UML) gainSource: Election Commission

See also

List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

External links

Constituency map of Kathmandu