title: Kailali 5 (constituency)
text: # 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 ||||
  