Kailali 5 (constituency)
# Kailali 5 (constituency)

Kailali 5 is one of five parliamentary constituencies of Kailali District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.

## Incorporated areas

Kailali 5 incorporates Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City and wards 6 and 9 of Kailari Rural Municipality.

## Assembly segments

It encompasses the following Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly segment

* Kailali 5(A)
* Kailali 5(B)

## Members of Parliament

### Parliament/Constituent Assembly

| Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 2008 | Lekh Raj Bhatta | CPN (Maoist) |
| January 2009 | Lekh Raj Bhatta | UCPN (Maoist) |
| 2013 | Dirgha Raj Bhatta | Nepali Congress |
| 2017 | Narad Muni Rana | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| May 2019 | Narad Muni Rana | Nepal Communist Party |
| March 2021 | Narad Muni Rana | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
| 2022 | Dilli Raj Pant | Nepali Congress |

## Election results

### Election in the 2020s

**2022 general election**

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Dilli Raj Pant | Nepali Congress | 21,392 | 34.63 |
| | Narad Muni Rana | CPN (UML) | 20,318 | 32.90 |
| | Pushkar Nath Ojha | Independent | 8,349 | 13.52 |
| | Jagadish Chaudhary | Independent | 7,460 | 12.08 |
| | Ishwari Bista | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 3,405 | 5.51 |
| | Others | | 842 | 1.36 |
| Total | Total | Total | 61,766 | 100.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,074 | |
| | 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) | Narad Muni Rana | 27,202 |
| | Nepali Congress | Araju Rana Deuba | 22,322 |
| | Rastriya Janata Party Nepal | Laxman Chaudhary | 6,747 |
| | Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Dinesh Raj Bhandari | 2,722 |
| | Others | Others | 621 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,947 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

**2017 Nepalese provincial elections**

**2013 Constituent Assembly election**

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Nepali Congress | Dirgha Raj Bhatta | 16,346 |
| | UCPN (Maoist) | Lekh Raj Bhatta | 9,334 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Padam Singh Singhal | 9,139 |
| | Tharuhat Terai Party Nepal | Madhav Chaudhary | 1,674 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | Gajendra Bahdur Singh | 1,555 |
| | Others | Others | 3,540 |
| Result | Result | Congress gain | Congress gain |
| Source: NepalNews ||||

### Election in the 2000s

**2008 Constituent Assembly election**

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | CPN (Maoist) | Lekh Raj Bhatta | 17,979 |
| | Nepali Congress | Dirgha Raj Bhatta | 13,638 |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Hari Shankar Yogi | 7,597 |
| | Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Ganesh Khadka | 1,342 |
| | Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch | Bamshiram Chaudhary | 1,006 |
| | Others | Others | 2,310 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 1,983 |
| Result | Result | Maoist gain | Maoist gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||
