KATHMANDU, Nov 27: Vote count of the election recently held for the House of Representatives and Provincial Assemblies are currently underway. Results of the election of many constituencies are already out.
Here is the list of 24 new members of Karnali Provincial Assembly:
From CPN (Maoist Center)
Surkhet 1( Kha) Krishna GC
Surkhet 2 (Kha) Bindaman Bista
Salyan (Kha) Bhim Prakash Sharma
Rukum (Kha) Mahendra KC
Rukum (Kha) Raj Kumar Sharma
Kalikot (Ka) Durga Bahadur Rawat
Humla (Kha) Rana Singh Pariyar
Mugu (Kha) Mangal Shahi
Dolpa (Kha) Bir Bahadur Shahi
From Nepali Congress
Surkhet (Kha) Khadka Pokharel
Jajarkot (Ka) Bedraj Singh
Jajarkot (Kha) Rajiv Bikram Shah
Salyan (Kha) Suresh Adhikari
Dailekh 1 (Ka) Purna Bahadur Khatri
Dailekh 1 (Kha) Krishna BC
Dailekh 2 (Ka) Gana Shyam Bhandari
Humla (Kha) Jeevan Bahadur Shahi
Kalikot (Kha) Hikmat Bahadur Bista
From CPN-UML
Surkhet 2 (Ka) Yam Lal Kandel
Dailekh 2 (Kha) Bindo Kumar Shah
Jumla (Kha) Tek Raj Pachai
Dolpa (Ka) Sher Bahadur Buda
Mugu (Ka) Jeet Bahadur Malla
Independent
Jumla 1 (Ka) Devendra Bahadur Shahi
Kalikot, Nov 25: Durga Bahadur Rawat, the common candidate of the ruling alliance from CPN (Maoist Center), has been elected as provincial assembly member from Kalikot A. Rawat won with a margin of 1,060 votes as compared to the votes received by his nearest rival Kurma Raj Shahi of CPN-UML.
Mahendra Bahadur Shahi of CPN (Maoist Centre) has been elected to the House of Representatives from Kalikot district. Shahi was a ruling coalition candidate from the district.
KATHMANDU, October 30: By-polls for four seats of House of Representatives (HoR) and 18 seats for Provincial Assembly is due to be held soon.
The Election Commission has already asked Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deube to fix dates for the election. There are currently four seats and 18 seats vacant in the lower house of the federal parliament and the Provincial Assembly respectively.
The by-polls have been viewed as a mini-general election as the poll body has already ruled out the possibility of an early election.General public of as many as 19 districts will be voting in the election. Major political parties like Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist) and Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) will be participating in the
election.
The by-polls will be held in Taplejung, Dhanusha, Bara, Rauthat, Dolakha, Baglung, Rupandehi, Agrakanchi, Gulmi, Kapilvastu, Dang, Banke, Dailekh, Kalikot, Dopla, Salyan, Achham and Kailali districts.
In the upcoming election, ruling NC has nothing to lose. Earlier in 2017 elections, NC had not won any of those seats which have been lying vacant. Two communist parties - UML and Maoist Center- which formed an alliance leading to a landslide victory, are likely to lose their strengths in the upcoming by-polls.
All four vacants seats in HoR were won by Maoist Center including Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Prabhu Sah, Lekh Raj Bhatta and Gaurishankar Chaudhary. Sah, Bhatta and Chaudhary and Rayamajhi were elected through the FPTP electoral system in 2017 general elections on behalf of the Maoist party.These leaders joined the UML after the erstwhile Nepal Communist Party (NCP) was declared invalid by the Supreme Court.
It is to be noted that the apex court on March 7 invalidated the NCP and resurrected the UML and Maoist Center. The two parties following a successful election campaign in 2017 had merged to form the NCP in May 2018.
The Maoist party is now facing a challenge to defend those seats while UML will also face a tough trial.
Scenario in Provinces
Of the 18 vacant seats in different provincial assemblies, the UML had emerged victorious in seven constituencies while Maoist Center had won eight seats. Likewise, JSP (erstwhile Federal Socialist Forum) had won two seats while Rastriya Janamorcha had one seat.
The communist parties mainly, UML and Maoist Center, are most likely to abate during these by-polls as they have not only broken the leftist alliance but also suffered splits.
Of the eight seats won by Maoist Center in the 2017 election, all those former lawmakers of eight constituencies have now joined UML which has aroused fresh challenges for the party to maintain its position.
List of vacant constituencies in provincial assemblies:
Previously won by Maoist Center
1. Taplejung 1(2)
2. Dhanusha 1(2)
3. Rautahat 3(2)
4. Bara 3(1)
5. Rupandehi 1(2)
6. Gulmi 2(2)
7. Dailekh 1(1)
8.Achham 1(2)
Previously won by UML
1. Dolakha 1(2)
2. Kapilvastu 2(1)
3. Dang 2(2)
4. Dailekh 1(2)
5. Kalikot 1(1)
6. Dolpa 1(1)
7. Salyan 1(2)
Previously won by JSP (erstwhile Federal Socialist Forum)
1. Rupandehi 3(1)
2. Banke 2(1)
Previously won by Rastriya Janamorcha
1. Baglung 1(2)
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