# Kathmandu 5 (constituency)

Kathmandu 5 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.

## Incorporated areas

Kathmandu 5 parliamentary constituency consists of wards 2, 3, 4, 5 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, wards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of Budhanilkantha Municipality and wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of Tokha Municipality

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segment
* Kathmandu 5(A)
* Kathmandu 5(B)

## Members of Parliament
### Parliament/Constituent Assembly

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1991 | Madan Bhandari | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| 1992 by-election | Krishna Gopal Shrestha | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| 1994 | Rajendra Prasad Shrestha | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| March 1998 | Rajendra Prasad Shrestha | CPN (Marxist-Leninist) |
| 1999 | Mangal Siddhi Manandhar | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| 2008 | Narahari Acharya | Nepali Congress |
| 2017 | Ishwar Pokhrel | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| May 2018 | Ishwar Pokhrel | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Ishwar Pokhrel | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
| 2022 | Pradip Paudel | Nepali Congress |

### Provincial Assembly
## Election results
### Election in the 2020s
#### 2022 general election

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Pradip Paudel | Nepali Congress | 15,269 | 34.45 |
| | Ishwor Pokharel | CPN (UML) | 10,190 | 22.99 |
| | Pranaya Shamsher Rana | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 5,477 | 12.36 |
| | Ram Prasda Upreti | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | 3,162 | 7.14 |
| | Shreeram Gurung | Independent | 2,761 | 6.23 |
| | Hemraj Thapa | Independent | 2,446 | 5.52 |
| | Sushant Shrestha | Independent | 1,712 | 3.86 |
| | Shailesh Dangol | Nepal Workers Peasants Party | 1,122 | 2.53 |
| | Others | | 2,177 | 4.91 |
| Total | Total | Total | 44,316 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,079 | |
| | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain | Nepali Congress gain |
| Source: |||||

### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | Ishwar Pokhrel | 23,029 |
| | Nepali Congress | Prakash Sharan Mahat | 13,169 |
| | Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Ujwal Bahadur Thapa | 6,853 |
| | Others | Others | 1,659 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,154 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Narahari Acharya | 15,364 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | Ishwar Pokhrel | 14,723 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Raja Ram Shrestha | 4,359 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Mahendra Kumar Shrestha | 3,655 |
| | Independent | Ujwal Bahadur Thapa | 1,163 |
| | Others | Others | 2,674 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

### Election in the 2000s
#### 2008 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Nepali Congress | Narahari Acharya | 13,245 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | Ishwar Pokhrel | 9,120 |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Dipendra Prakash Maharjan | 8,089 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Kamal Thapa | 3,925 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Daman Bahdur Khatri | 1,022 |
| | Others | Others | 2,194 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,389 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

### Election in the 1990s
#### 1999 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | Mangal Sidhhi Manandhar | 14,303 |
| | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Rajendra Prasad Shrestha | 8,565 |
| | Nepali Congress | Mukunda Regmi | 8,248 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Gyanu Lama | 2,189 |
| | Others | Others | 1,284 |
| | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 1,206 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1994 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | Rajendra Prasad Shrestha | 19,312 |
| | Nepali Congress | Shyam Lal Shrestha | 6,935 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Purna Ratna Shakya | 4,555 |
| | Others | Others | 1,799 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 1992 by-elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | Krishna Gopal Shrestha | 21,253 |
| | Nepali Congress | Tiirtha Ram Dangol | 15,926 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) hold | CPN (UML) hold |
| Source: ||||

#### 1991 legislative elections

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | Madan Bhandari | 27,475 |
| | Nepali Congress | Hari Bol Bhattarai | 18,928 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: ||||