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
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Kathmandu District
Electorate	74,755
Current constituency
Created	1991
Party	Rastriya Swatantra Party
Member of Parliament	Sobita 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

2(A) Election Member Party 2017 Sanu Kumar Shrestha CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

2(B) Election Member Party 2017 Maniram Phuyal CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 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
	Pratima 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:

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal