# 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.

## 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 | Jeevan Ram Shrestha | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Jeevan Ram Shrestha | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| August 2021 | Jeevan Ram Shrestha | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| 2022 | Biraj Bhakta Shrestha | RSP(Rastriya Swatantra Party) |

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

| Candidate | 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 | Total | Total | 30,674 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,933 | |
| | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain | Rastriya Swatantra Party gain |
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### Election in the 2010s
#### 2017 legislative elections

| Party | 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 | Others | 1,327 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 9,80 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

#### 2013 Constituent Assembly election

| Party | 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 | Others | 2,391 |
| Result | Result | Congress hold | Congress hold |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

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

| Party | 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 | Others | 2,424 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,550 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||