Election: NC takes 57 seats; UML 44

KATHMANDU: The results of 165 House of Representatives (HoR) elections under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system have been made public, with the Nepali Congress (NC) emerging as the first party.

According to the most recent vote count update and final results, the Nepali Congress (NC) has 57 seats, the CPN-UML has 44 seats, and the CPN (Maoist Centre) has 18 seats.

Similarly, the CPN (Unified Socialist) secured 10 seats (6.06%), while the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) each takes seven seats (4.24%).

Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) got seven seats (4.24%). Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party (JSP) garnered victory in four seats, Nagarik Unmukti Party in 2, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP), Rastriya Janamorcha and Janamat Party in one each.

Likewise, five independent candidates have been elected to HoR under the FPTP, the Commission said.

Who triumphs  from which party?

Sher Bahadur Deuba, the Prime Minister and President of the NC, was elected, as were leaders Yogesh Sherchan, Tek Bahadur Gurung, Prakash Man Singh, Santosh Chalise, Gagan Kumar Thapa, and Pradeep Poudel.

Other members elected to the HoR include Mohan Acharya, Udaya Shumsher JB Rana, Shankar Bhandari, and Rajendra Kumar KC.

Likewise, other NC candidates emerging victorious include Ramesh Kumar Rijal, Hridaya Ram Thani, Ramhari Khatiwada, Bishwa Prakash Sharma, Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, Rajendra Bajagain, Kham Bahadur Garbuja, Pushpa Bahadur Shah, Bir Bahadur Balayar, Dilendra Prasad Badu, Ramesh Lekhak, NP Saud, Dikpal Kumar Shahi, Durlabh Thapa, Shashank Koirala, Ramchandra Poudel, Kishore Singh Rathore, Dev Prakash Timalsina, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Ramnath Adhikari and Purna Bahadur Khadka.

According to the Election Commission, Bishnu Kumar Karki, Shyam Kumar Ghimire, Deepak Giri, Sanjay Gautam, Binod Chaudhary, Ram Krishna Yadav, and Mohan Bahadur Basnet were elected to the HoR from NC.

Shekhar Koirala, Dilliraj Panta, Chandrakanta Bhandari, Raju Thapa, Deepak Khadka, Surendra Raj Acharya, Sita Gurung, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Arjun Narsingh KC, Tejulal Chaudhary, Ain Bahadur Shahi, Mahendra Kumar Raya, Dig Bahadur Limbu, and Purna Bahadur Tamang are among the others.

From the CPN-UML party, Ambar Bahadur Rayamajhi, Krishna Gopal Shrestha, Prem Bahadur Maharjan, Gokarna Bista, Devraj Ghimire, KP Sharma Oli, Yogesh Bhattarai, Raj Kumar Gupta, Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Surya Thapa, Prithivi Subba Gurung, Mahesh Bartaula, Manbir Rai, Padam Giri, Lal Prasad Sanwa Limbu, Basudev Ghimire, and Rajendra Kumar Rai won in the HoR.

In addition, the Commission announced that (CPN) UML’s Bidhya Bhattarai, Surya Prasad Dhakal, Ram Shankar Yadav, Damodar Bhandari, Tara Lama Tamang, Balaram Adhikari, Basanta Kumar Nemwang, Damodar Poudel ‘Bairagi’, Hari Prasad Uprety, Jwala Kumari Shah, Achyut Prasad Mainali, Juli Mahato and Man Bahadur Gurung secured victory.

Leelanath Shrestha, Thakur Prasad Gaire, Rishikesh Pokharel, Mangal Prasad Gupta, Bishnu Poudel, Gokul Banskota, Narayan Prasad Acharya, Chabilal Bishwakarma, Bim Acharya, Subash Nemwang, Laxmi Mahato Koiri and Mahesh Basnet were also CPN (UML)’s victorious candidates.

From CPN (Maoist Centre), party’s Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, its leaders Janardan Sharma, Barshaman Pun, Devendra Poudel, Shakti Bahadur Basnet, Sudan Kirati, Madhav Sapkota, Amanlal Modi, Hit Bahadur Tamang, Ram Kumar Rai, Lekhnath Dahal, Rekha Sharma, Purna Bahadur Gharti, Mahendra Ray Yadav, Surya Prasad Tamang (Dong), Tshiring Dambul Lama (Bhote), Ganga Karki, and Mahendra Bahadur Shahi were elected, informed Election Commission (EC).

Madhav Kumar Nepal, party chairperson, and leaders Rajendra Prasad Pandey, Dhan Bahadur Buda, Ambar Bahadur Thapa, Krishna Kumar Shrestha, Sher Bahadur Kunwar, Prakash Jwala, Met Mani Chaudhary, Prem Bahadur Ale, and Bhanu Bhakta Joshi are among the Unified Socialist candidates who won.

Rabi Lamichhane, Sobita Gautam, Ganesh Parajuli, Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, Hari Dhakal, Sishir Khanal, and Toshima Karki won for the RSP. Pradeep Yadav, Nawal Kishor Shah Sudi, Deepak Karki, Ram Sahayak Prasad Yadav, Raj Kishore Yadav, and Birendra Prasad Mahato of the JSP won.

Rajendra Lingden, Bikram Pandey, Dhawal Shumsher Rana, Deepak Bahadur Singh, Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan, Deepak Bohora, and Gyanendra Bahadur Shahi of the RPP were elected to the Ho.

Mahantha Thakur, Chairperson of LSP, Sarbendranath Shukla, Sharatsingh Bhandari, and Ram Prakash Chaudhary were elected.

Chitra Bahadur KC of Rastriya Janamorcha won, as did Prem Suwal of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party and Chandrakant Raut of Janamat Party.

According to the EC, the independent candidates who won HoR are Amresh Kumar Singh, Yogesh Mandal, Prabhu Shah, Kiran Kumar Shah, and Lalbir Chaudhary.