There were 30,524 votes casted during 2008 Constituent Assembly elections in Kathmandu District, Constituency No. 8. The candidte of Nepali Congress Party - Nabindra Raj Joshi secured 11,005 (36.05%) votes and secured victory in the election. The runner-up candidate was Asta Laxmi Shakya of Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) who secured 6,878 (22.53%) votes and came in second position. The difference in votes of Nabindra Raj Joshi and Asta Laxmi Shakya was 4,127. All other candidates secured 12,641 (41.41%) votes.
As illustrated in the pie-chart above, the candidates who lost the election secured 19,519 (63.95%) votes as compared to votes secured by elected candidate Nabindra Raj Joshi, which was 11,005 (36.05%) votes.
Detailed Election Results are illustrated in the table below:
| Rank | Name | Political Party | Gender | Age | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nabindra Raj Joshi | Nepali Congress Party | N/A | N/A | 11,005 | 36.05% |
| 2 | Asta Laxmi Shakya | Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | N/A | N/A | 6,878 | 22.53% |
| 3 | Sarbottam Das Dangol | Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) | N/A | N/A | 6,573 | 21.53% |
| 4 | Naresh Bir Shakya | NRP | N/A | N/A | 3,975 | 13.02% |
| 5 | Bikram Bahadur Thapa | Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal | N/A | N/A | 2,093 | 6.86% |
Please, note that details candidates who contested in the election may not be available due to lack of election data. If you found N/A in the table above in any column, that means the information is not available at present. If the age of a candidate is given in the table, that should be considered as the age of candidate at the time of filing nomination for the election, but not the current age.