Kathmandu 8 (constituency)

Kathmandu 8 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]

Kathmandu 8
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Kathmandu 8 in Bagmati Province
Assembly segment Kathmandu 8(A) (red) and Kathmandu 8(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Kathmandu District
Electorate	50,088
Current constituency
Created	2008
Party	Rastriya Swatantra Party
Member of Parliament	Biraj Bhakta Shrestha

Incorporated areas

Kathmandu 8 parliamentary constituency consists of wards 13, 15, 19, 20, 23 and 24 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and wards 4 and 5 of Nagarjun Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segment

• Kathmandu 8(A)
• Kathmandu 8(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Member	Party
	2008	Nabindra Raj Joshi	Nepali Congress
	2017	Jeevan Ram Shrestha	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018		Nepal Communist Party
	March 2021		CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	August 2021		CPN (Unified Socialist)
	2022	Biraj Bhakta Shrestha	RSP(Rastriya Swatantra Party)

Provincial Assembly

8(A) Election Member Party 2017 Rajesh Shakya CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

8(B) Election Member Party 2017 Astha Laxmi Sakya CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Biraj Bhakta Shrestha	Rastriya Swatantra Party	10,112	32.97
	Suman Sayami	Hamro Nepali Party	6,179	20.14
	Jeevan Ram Shrestha	CPN (Unified Socialist)	4,881	15.91
	Prakash Rimal	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	4,388	14.31
	Shiva Sundar Rajvaidya	CPN (UML)	3,891	12.69
	Others		1,223	3.99
Total			30,674	100.00
Majority			3,933
	Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Jeevan Ram Shrestha	13,397
	Nepali Congress	Nabindra Raj Joshi	12,963
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Pukar Bam	4,414
	Others		1,327
Invalid votes			9,80
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Kathmandu 8(A) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Rajesh Shakya 7,780 Nepali Congress Rajya Laxmi Shrestha 6,176 Bibeksheel Sajha Party Anil Tuladhar 3,257 Others 1,507 Invalid votes 439 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

Kathmandu 8(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Astha Laxmi Sakya 5,169 Nepali Congress Dev Ratna Dangol 3,669 Rastriya Prajatantra Party Prakash Rimal 2,621 Bibeksheel Sajha Party Shyam Krishna Shakya 1,273 Others 542 Invalid votes 345 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Nabindra Raj Joshi	13,774
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Jeevan Ram Shrestha	6,367
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Prakash Rimal	4,938
	UCPN (Maoist)	Mukti Narayan Pradhan	2,765
	Federal Socialist Party, Nepal	Pabitra Bajracharya	2,492
	Nepa Rastriya Party	Naresh Bir Shakya	1,556
	Others		2,391
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Nabindra Raj Joshi	11,005
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Astha Laxmi Sakya	6,878
	CPN (Maoist)	Sarbottam Dangol	6,573
	Nepa Rastriya Party	Naresh Bir Shakya	3,975
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Bikram Bahadur Thapa	2,093
	Others		2,424
Invalid votes			1,550
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal