Kathmandu 9 (constituency)

Kathmandu 9 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.

Kathmandu 9
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Kathmandu 9 in Bagmati Province
Assembly segment Kathmandu 9(A) (red) and Kathmandu 9(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Kathmandu District
Electorate	67,651
Current constituency
Created	2008
Party	Nepal Communist Party
Member of Parliament	Krishna Gopal Shrestha

Incorporated areas

Kathmandu 9 parliamentary constituency consists of wards 12, 14, 21 and 22 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, wards 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Nagarjun Municipality and wards 1, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of Chandragiri Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segment

• Kathmandu 9(A)
• Kathmandu 9(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	2008	Dhyan Govinda Ranjit	Nepali Congress
	2017	Krishna Gopal Shrestha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)

Provincial Assembly

9(A)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Ajaya Kranti Shakya	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

9(B)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Keshav Prasad Pokharel	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Krishna Gopal Shrestha	CPN (UML)	11,956	28.12
	Tek Bahadur Pokharel	Rastriya Swatantra Party	10,961	25.78
	Kalpana Dhamala	CPN (Maoist Centre)	6,402	15.06
	Devendra Pradhan	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	4,785	11.25
	Milan Pandey	Sajha Party Nepal	2,327	5.47
	Eras Shrestha	Hamro Nepali Party	1,586	3.73
	Suman Maharjan	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	1,552	3.65
	Others		2,948	6.93
Total			42,517	100.00
Majority			995
	CPN (UML) hold
Source:

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Gopal Shrestha	22,852
	Nepali Congress	Dhyan Govinda Ranjit	14,802
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Milan Pandey	4,946
	Others		2,475
Invalid votes			1,154
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Kathmandu 9(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Ajaya Kranti Shakya	9,531
	Nepali Congress	Indraman Tuladhar	7,193
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Chakrapani Neupane	3,369
	Others		1,494
Invalid votes			498
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Kathmandu 9(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Keshav Prasad Pokharel	12,156
	Nepali Congress	Dharma Raj Gautam	9,110
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Surendra Bahadur Ranabhaat	1,384
	Others		1,034
Invalid votes			452
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dhyan Govinda Ranjit	14,483
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Gopal Shrestha	13,100
	UCPN (Maoist)	Devendra Paudel	6,669
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Devendra Pradhan	4,490
	Federal Socialist Party, Nepal	Radha Krishna Mainali	1,547
	Others		3,417
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Dhyan Govinda Ranjit	12,501
	UCPN (Maoist)	Maila Lama Tamang	12,292
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Gopal Shrestha	12,194
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Badri Raj Giri	1,110
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Rukmani Basnet	1,083
	Others		2,428
Invalid votes			1,787
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

External links

• Constituency map of Kathmandu