{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in Nepal}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Kathmandu 2 | type = Parliamentary | constituency_link = | parl_name = House of Representatives | map1 = | map2 = | map3 = | map4 = | map_size = 300 | map_entity = | map_year = 2017 | image = Kathmandu2PratinidhiSabha.svg | image2 = Kathmandu2PradeshSabha.png | image3 = | image4 = | caption = Kathmandu 2 in Bagmati Province | caption2 = Assembly segment Kathmandu 2(A) (red) and Kathmandu 2(B) (blue) within Kathmandu District | caption3 = | caption4 = | district_label = Province<!-- can be State/Province, region, county --> | district = Bagmati Province | region_label = District<!-- can be State/Province, region, county --> | region = Kathmandu District | population = | electorate = 88,708 | towns = Koteshwor, Pepsicola, Sankhu | future = | year = 1991<!-- year of establishment --> | abolished_label = | abolished = | elects_howmany = | seats = | party_label = <!-- defaults to "Party" --> | party = Rastriya Swatantra Party | members_label = Member of Parliament | members = Sunil K.C. | local_council_label = Municipalities | local_council = Kageshwari-Manohara Municipality, Kathmandu Metropolitan City (some wards), Shankharapur Municipality (some wards) | previous = | next = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | blank2_name = | blank2_info = | blank3_name = | blank3_info = | blank4_name = | blank4_info = }} '''Kathmandu 2''' is one of 10 parliamentary constituencies of Kathmandu District in Nepal. Kathmandu 2(A) consisting Koteshwor and Pepsicola of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Kathmandu 2(B) consisting areas of Kageshwari-Manohara Municipality and Shankharapur Municipality. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|title=CDC submits its report with 165 electoral constituencies|language=en|url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-08-31/cdc-submits-its-report-with-165-electoral-constituencies.html|access-date=2018-04-25}}</ref>
== Incorporated areas == Kathmandu 2 parliamentary constituency consists Koteshwor and Pepsicola of Kathmandu Metropolitan City ward 32 and 9 also. Along with Shankharapur Municipality wards 9 and wards 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Kageshwari-Manohara Municipality.
== Assembly segments == It encompasses the following Bagmati Province Provincial Assembly segment
* Kathmandu 2(A) * Kathmandu 2(B)
== Members of Parliament ==
=== Parliament/Constituent Assembly === {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |1991 |Daman Nath Dhungana |Nepali Congress |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |1994 |Bidya Devi Bhandari |CPN (UML) |- | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)}}" | |2008 | rowspan="2" |Jhakku Prasad Subedi |CPN (Maoist) |- |''January 2009'' |UCPN (Maoist) |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |2013 |Madhav Kumar Nepal |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |2014 by-election |Deepak Prasad Kuikel |Nepali Congress |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |2017 | rowspan="4" |Madhav Kumar Nepal |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" | |''May 2018'' |Nepal Communist Party |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |''March 2021'' |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |- |style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)}}" | |''August 2021'' |CPN (Unified Socialist) |- |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Rastriya Swatantra Party}}"| |2022 |Sobita Gautam |rowspan="2" |Rastriya Swatantra Party |- |2026 |Sunil K.C. |}
=== Provincial Assembly === {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}}
==== 2(A) ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party |- | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |2017 | rowspan="2" |Sanu Kumar Shrestha |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |- |''May 2018'' |Nepal Communist Party |} {{Col-2}}
==== 2(B) ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Election !Member !Party |- | rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" | |2017 | rowspan="2" |Maniram Phuyal |CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |- |''May 2018'' |Nepal Communist Party |} {{Col-end}}
== Election results ==
=== Election in the 2020s ===
==== 2026 general election ==== {{Election results |cand1=Sunil K.C. |party1=Rastriya Swatantra Party |votes1=34238
|cand2=Kabir Sharma |party2=Nepali Congress |votes2=8874
|cand3=Kunti Devi Pokharel (Upadhyaya) |party3=Rastriya Prajatantra Party |votes3=5210
|cand4=Maniram Phuyal |party4=CPN (UML) |votes4=4759
|cand5=Nitesh Paudel |party5=Nepali Communist Party |votes5=1912
|cand6=Pawan Pokharel |party6=Ujyaalo Nepal Party |votes6=895
|cand7=Mukunda Karki |party7=Shram Sanskriti Party |votes7=588
|cand8=Anup Bohara |party8=Rastriya Pariwartan Party |votes8=226
|cand9=Others |votes9=313 |invalid=1095 |electorate=88708 |result=Rastriya Swatantra Party hold |majority=25364 |source=<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rastriya Swatantra Party's Sunil KC Wins Kathmandu-2 Parliamentary Seat|url=https://english.ratopati.com/story/52437/sunil-who-left-the-provincial-assembly-is-running-for-the-house-of-representatives-from-kathmandu-2|website=Ratopati}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/MapElectionResult2082.aspx|website=Election Commission of Nepal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=HoR polls: 8,197 votes invalid in Kathmandu|url=https://english.nepalpress.com/2026/03/09/hor-polls-8197-votes-invalid-in-kathmandu/|website=Nepal Press]}}</ref> }}
==== 2022 general election ==== {{Election results |cand1=Sobita Gautam |party1=Rastriya Swatantra Party |votes1=15238
|cand2=Maniram Phuyal |party2=CPN (UML) |votes2=11566
|cand3=Kunti Devi Pokharel (Upadhyaya) |party3=Rastriya Prajatantra Party |votes3=11024
|cand4=Onsari Gharti Magar |party4=CPN (Maoist Centre) |votes4=9459
|cand5=Others |votes5=3530
|invalid= |electorate= |result=Rastriya Swatantra Party gain |majority=3672 |source=<ref name="2022el">{{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचनमा उम्मेदवारहरुको सुची|url=https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral2079.aspx |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}</ref> }}
=== Election in the 2010s ===
==== 2017 legislative elections ==== {{Election results
|party1=CPN (UML) |cand1=Madhav Kumar Nepal |votes1=27366
|party2=Nepali Congress |cand2=Dipak Prasad Kuikel |votes2=14903
|party3=Bibeksheel Sajha Party |cand3=Surya Raj Acharya |votes3=7437
|cand4=Others |votes4=1549
|invalid=1790 |electorate=74755
|result = CPN (UML) gain |majority=12463 |majoritypct= |majoritysw= |resultsw=
|source=<ref>{{Cite web |title=प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक |url=https://www.election.gov.np/ecn/uploads/userfiles/ElectionResultBook/HoR2074.pdf |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}</ref> }}
==== 2017 Nepalese provincial elections ==== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}}
===== Kathmandu 2(A) ===== {{Election results
|party1=CPN (UML) |cand1=Sanu Kumar Shrestha |votes1=8936
|party2=Nepali Congress |cand2=Lokesh Dhakal |votes2=5758
|party3=Bibeksheel Sajha Party |cand3=Rishika Bhattarai |votes3=4682
|cand4=Others |votes4=434
|invalid=208 |majority=3178 |electorate=30222 |result=CPN (UML) gain
|source=<ref name="2017pa">{{Cite web |title=प्रदेश सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन, २०७४ को परिणाम पुस्तक |url=https://www.election.gov.np/ecn/uploads/userfiles/ElectionResultBook/PA2074.pdf |website=Election Commission of Nepal}}</ref> }} {{Col-2}}
===== Kathmandu 2(B) ===== {{Election results
|party1=CPN (UML) |cand1=Maniram Phuyal |votes1=16575
|party2=Nepali Congress |cand2=Manahari Khadka |votes2=8268
|party3=Rastriya Prajatantra Party |cand3=Ramesh Napit |votes3=3588
|party4=Bibeksheel Sajha Party |cand4=Keshav Paudel |votes4=2660
|cand5=Others |votes5=919
|electorate=44534 |invalid=303 |majority = 8307 |result=CPN (UML) gain
|source=<ref name="2017pa"/> }} {{Col-end}}
==== 2014 by-elections ==== {{Election results
|party1=Nepali Congress |cand1=Dipak Prasad Kuikel |votes1=18200
|party2=CPN (UML) |cand2=Krishna Gopal Shrestha |votes2=13421
|party3=UCPN (Maoist) |cand3=Lila Mani Pokharel |votes3=4604
|party4=Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal |cand4=Navaraj Simkhada |votes4=3724
|party5=Rastriya Prajatantra Party |cand5=Mijendra Kaji Shrestha |votes5=1348
|cand6=Others |votes6=2451
| result = Nepali Congress gain | electorate=65745 | invalid=0 | majority= 4779
|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=Observation Newsletter #8-9 |publisher=Nepal Election Observation Committee |location=Nepal |language=ne |date=June 2014}}</ref> }}
==== 2013 Constituent Assembly election ==== {{Election results
|party1=CPN (UML) |cand1=Madhav Kumar Nepal |votes1=21747
|party2=Nepali Congress |cand2=Pratima Gautam |votes2=12479
|party3=UCPN (Maoist) |cand3=Lila Mani Pokharel |votes3=7134
|party4=Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal |cand4=Navaraj Simkhada |votes4=5358
|cand5=Others |votes5=2680
| result = CPN (UML) gain | invalid = 1704 | electorate = 63873 | majority = 9268
|source=<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-20 |title=Download FPTP Results(XML) |url=http://election.gov.np/CA2070/CAResults/FPTP/XML/FPTP.xml |access-date=2022-11-11 |archive-date=2017-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520232602/http://election.gov.np/CA2070/CAResults/FPTP/XML/FPTP.xml |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचनमा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार सदर मत र बदर मत|url=http://election.gov.np/CA2070/CAResults/reportBody.php?selectedMenu=6&rand=1388574371|access-date=2022-12-05|website=archive.ph|archive-date=2014-04-16|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140416142021/http://election.gov.np/CA2070/CAResults/reportBody.php?selectedMenu=6&rand=1388574371|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-01 |title=निर्वाचन क्षेत्र अनुसार मतदाता संख्या |url=http://www.election.gov.np/election/uploads/files/pages/pdf_cons_wise1.pdf |access-date=2022-12-05 |archive-date=2014-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401031644/http://www.election.gov.np/election/uploads/files/pages/pdf_cons_wise1.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> }}
=== Election in the 2000s ===
==== 2008 Constituent Assembly election ==== {{Election results
|party1=CPN (Maoist) |cand1=Jhakku Prasad Subedi |votes1=13858
|party2=CPN (UML) |cand2=Madhav Kumar Nepal |votes2=12325
|party3=Nepali Congress |cand3=Deepak Prasad Kuikel |votes3=11544
|party4=Rastriya Prajatantra Party |cand4=Deepak Meyar Shrestha |votes4=1570
|party5=Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal |cand5=Navaraj Simkhada |votes5=1569
|cand6=Others |votes6=2212
|invalid=1836 |electorate=67141 |majority=1533
|result=CPN (Maoist) gain
|source=Election Commission<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03}}</ref>
}}
=== Election in the 1990s ===
==== 1999 legislative elections ==== {{Election results
|party1=CPN (UML) |cand1=Bidya Devi Bhandari |votes1=12552
|party2=Nepali Congress |cand2=Ambika Basnet |votes2=11387
|party3=CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |cand3=Jit Lama |votes3=8330 |color3={{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)}}
|cand4=Others |votes4=1615
|electorate=63796 |invalid=1038 |majority=1165 |result = CPN (UML) hold
|source=Election Commission<ref name="archive">{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}</ref>
}}
==== 1994 legislative elections ==== {{Election results
|party1=CPN (UML) |cand1=Bidya Devi Bhandari |votes1=21763
|party2=Nepali Congress |cand2=Daman Nath Dhungana |votes2=13064
|party3=Rastriya Prajatantra Party |cand3=Krishna Prasad Dahal |votes3=2252
|cand4=Others |votes4=948
|result = CPN (UML) gain |majority = 8699
|source = Election Commission<ref name="archive" /> }}
==== 1991 legislative elections ==== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Party !Candidate !Votes |- | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" | |Nepali Congress |Daman Nath Dhungana |23310 |- | bgcolor="darkred" | |Samyukta Jana Morcha Nepal |Krishna Sundar Malla |19837 |- ! colspan="2" |Result ! colspan="2" |Congress gain |- | colspan="4" |Source: [http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf] |}
== See also ==
* List of parliamentary constituencies of Nepal
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.election.gov.np/ecn/uploads/userfiles/maps/KATHMANDU.pdf Constituency map of Kathmandu] {{House of Representatives constituencies in Bagmati Province}}
Category:Parliamentary constituencies of Nepal Category:1991 establishments in Nepal