Kathmandu 10 (constituency)

Kathmandu 10 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 10
Parliamentary constituency for the House of Representatives
Kathmandu 10 in Bagmati Province
Assembly segment Kathmandu 10(A) (red) and Kathmandu 10(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District
Province	Bagmati Province
District	Kathmandu District
Electorate	71,201
Current constituency
Created	2008
Party	Nepali Congress
Member of Parliament	Rajendra Kumar KC

Incorporated areas

Kathmandu 10 parliamentary constituency consists of Dakshinkali Municipality, Kirtipur Municipality and wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Chandragiri Municipality.

Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segment

• Kathmandu 10(A)
• Kathmandu 10(B)

Members of Parliament

Parliament/Constituent Assembly

Election		Candidate	Party
	2008	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	CPN (Maoist)
	January 2009		UCPN (Maoist)
	2013	Rajendra Kumar KC	Nepali Congress

Provincial Assembly

10(A) Election Member Party 2017 Pukar Maharjan Nepali Congress

10(B) Election Member Party 2017 Ram Ale Magar CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) May 2018 Nepal Communist Party March 2021 CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) August 2021 CPN (Unified Socialist)

Election results

Election in the 2020s

2022 general election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Rajendra Kumar KC	Nepali Congress	14,463	28.27
	Himesh K.C.	CPN (UML)	11,791	23.05
	Pradeep Bista	Rastriya Swatantra Party	8,739	17.08
	Balram Thapa	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	6,959	13.60
	Anjana Bisankhe	CPN (Maoist Centre)	5,265	10.29
	Narayan Maharjan	Nepal Workers Peasants Party	1,884	3.68
	Others		2,054	4.02
Total			51,155	100.00
Majority			2,672
	Nepali Congress hold
Source: [2]

Election in the 2010s

2017 legislative elections

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Rajendra Kumar KC	24,190
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Hit Man Shakya	21,907
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Pradeep Dhakal	2,003
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Krishna Kumar Shrestha	1,757
	Naya Shakti Party, Nepal	Pancha Lal Maharjan	1,195
	Others		2,289
Invalid votes			1,769
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

2017 Nepalese provincial elections

Kathmandu 10(A) Party Candidate Votes Nepali Congress Pukar Maharjan 14,729 Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Dilip Maharjan 13,717 Janasamajbadi Party Nepal Shyam Kumar Adhikari 2,193 Bibeksheel Sajha Party Dev Bahadur Maharjan 1,809 Naya Shakti Party, Nepal Kesh Ratna Bajracharya 1,401 Others 1,172 Invalid votes 1,081 Result Congress gain Source: Election Commission

Kathmandu 10(B) Party Candidate Votes CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Ale Magar 9,903 Nepali Congress Dharma Nanda Shrestha 7,017 Others 1,584 Invalid votes 493 Result CPN (UML) gain Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Rajendra Kumar KC	20,392
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Surendra Manandhar	13,619
	UCPN (Maoist)	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	12,859
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Dhruv Maharjan	2,029
Invalid votes			2,218
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission[3]

Election in the 2000s

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	23,277
	Nepali Congress	Rajendra Kumar KC	12,154
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Sanu Kumar Shrestha	8,568
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Madan Thapa Magar	1,564
	Others		1,962
Invalid votes			1,720
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal