Kathmandu 6 (constituency)

Kathmandu 6
Kathmandu 6
Parliamentary constituency; for the House of Representatives
	Kathmandu 6 in Bagmati Province
	Assembly segment Kathmandu 6(A) (red) and Kathmandu 6(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Kathmandu District
Electorate	58,187
Current constituency
Created	1994
Party	Rastriya Swatantra Party
Member of Parliament	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishir_Khanal

Kathmandu 6 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 6 parliamentary constituency consists of wards 26, 27 and 28 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, wards 1, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Tokha Municipality and wards 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Tarakeshwar Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segment

Kathmandu 6(A)
Kathmandu 6(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

	Member	Party
1994	Sahana Pradhan	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
March 1998	Sahana Pradhan	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)
1999	Astha Laxmi Sakya	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
2008	Hit Man Shakya	CPN (Maoist)
January 2009	Hit Man Shakya	UCPN (Maoist)
2013	Bhimsen Das Pradhan	Nepali Congress
2022	Shishir Khanal	Rastriya Swatantra Party

Provincial Assembly

6(A)

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

6(B)

Election		Member	Party
	2017	Yogendra Raj Sangroula	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
	May 2018	Yogendra Raj Sangroula	Nepal Communist Party

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Shishir Khanal	Rastriya Swatantra Party	14,221	38.01
	Sarbendra Khanal	CPN (UML)	8,917	23.84
	Bhimsen Das Pradhan	Nepali Congress	8,812	23.55
	Bishnu Prasad Acharya	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	2,185	5.84
	Others		3,276	8.76
Total			37,411	100.00

Majority			5,304
	Rastriya Swatantra Party gain
Source: ^[2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bhimsen Das Pradhan	16,785
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Jhakku Prasad Subedi	15,485
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Ramesh Chiluwal	4,225
	Others		2,773
Invalid votes			1,187
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Kathmandu 6(A)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Keshav Sthapit	8,022
	Nepali Congress	Nhuchhe Narayan Manandhar	5,149
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Bimala Devi Adhikari Ghimire	2,301
	Others		1,025
Invalid votes			358
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

Kathmandu 6(B)

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yogendra Raj Sangroula	12,812
	Nepali Congress	Bishnu Bhakta Timilsina	7,914
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Ajit Khadka	1,354
	Others		1,022
Invalid votes			469
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Bhimsen Das Pradhan	14,151
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yogesh Bhattarai	12,874
	UCPN (Maoist)	Hem Lal Sharma	5,945
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Sanjay Man Shrestha	2,385
	Federal Socialist Party, Nepal	Keshav Sthapit	1,050
	Others		2,821
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Hit Man Shakya	10,768
	Nepali Congress	Bhimsen Das Pradhan	10,058
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Yogesh Bhattarai	9,089
	Nepa Rastriya Party	Subarna Kesari Chitrakar	1,320
	Others		3,779
Invalid votes			1,469
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission^[3]

Election in the 1990s

1999 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Astha Laxmi Shakya	16,307
	Nepali Congress	Marshal Julum Shakya	14,107
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Jog Mehar Shrestha	7,166
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Sahana Pradhan	5,129
	Others		2,149
Invalid Votes			1,041
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission^[4]^[5]

1994 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sahana Pradhan	18,466
	Nepali Congress	Damodar Gautam	10,615
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Jog Mehar Shrestha	9,867
	Others		1,655
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission^[4]

References

^ "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.
^ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
^ ^a ^b "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
^ "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

External links

Constituency map of Kathmandu

[1] "CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies". Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2022el-2] "प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची". Election Commission of Nepal.

[3] "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

[archive-4] "Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates". 2008-01-24. Archived from the original on 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

[5] "Election Results'99". nepalresearch.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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