Kathmandu 1

Kathmandu 1
Parliamentary Constituency for the House of Representatives
Kathmandu 1 Parliamentary Constituency within Kathmandu District
Assembly segment Kathmandu 1(A) (red) and Kathmandu 1(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Kathmandu District
Electorate	42,430
Current constituency
Created	2017
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Prakash Man Singh

Kathmandu 1 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 1 parliamentary constituency consist area of ward number 10, 11, 29 and 31 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Pradesh Provincial Assembly segment

• Kathmandu 1(A)
• Kathmandu 1(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	1991	Madan Bhandari	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
	1994 by-election	Bidya Devi Bhandari
	1994	Man Mohan Adhikari
	1997 by-election	Narayan Prasad Dhakal
	1999	Pradip Nepal
	2008	Prakash Man Singh	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

1(A) Election Seat Member Party 2017 1(A) Dipendra Shrestha Nepali Congress

1(B) Election Seat Member Party 2017 1(B) Ganesh Prasad Dulal CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Prakash Man Singh	10,936
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Rabindra Mishra	10,118
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Anil Sharma	5,336
	Others		1,292
	Invalid votes		593
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Kathmandu 1(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Dipendra Shrestha 6,231 CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Bishnu Kumari Bhusal 4,618 Bibeksheel Sajha Party Samikchya Baskota 4,343 Others 870 Invalid votes 274 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

Kathmandu 1(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Ganesh Prasad Dulal 4,242 Nepali Congress Surendra Chandra Lamichhane 4,223 Bibeksheel Sajha Party Purushottam Prasad Dhungel 2,725 Others 472 Invalid votes 208 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Prakash Man Singh	15,138
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Renu Dahal	4,064
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Bharat Mani Jangam	3,732
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Bidhya Neupane	3,501
	Others		2,499
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Prakash Man Singh	14,318
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Pradip Nepal	6,789
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Ram Man Shrestha	4,836
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Gobinda Lamichhane	1,042
	Others		3,336
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission [2]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Pradip Nepal	17,601
	Independent	Lokesh Dhakal	15,219
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bam Dev Gautam	6,089
	Others		1,959
	Invalid Votes		695
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission [3] [4]

1997 by-elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Narayan Prasad Dhakal
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission [5]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Man Mohan Adhikari	25,672
	Nepali Congress	Hari Bol Bhattarai	13,684
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Nawa Raj Sinkhada	5,936
	Others		1,505
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission [3]

1994 by-elections

Party		Candidate
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Bidya Devi Bhandari
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
Result		CPN (UML) hold

1991 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes [6]
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Madan Bhandari	27,372
	Nepali Congress	Krishna Prasad Bhattarai	26,621
Result		CPN (UML) gain

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal

References

1. "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies" . Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. "Ca Election report". web.archive.org. 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
3. "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". web.archive.org. 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
4. "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
5. "प्रतिनिधिसभाको सदस्य निर्वाचित भएको". Department of Printing | Rajpatra. 1997-02-28. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
6. "COMMUNIST WINS IN NEPAL". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

External links

• Constituency map of Kathmandu