Maoist Center to back CPN-UML candidate in Ilam-2 by-election

KATHMANDU: The CPN (Maoist Center) has announced its decision to support the candidate from CPN-UML in the upcoming by-election for Ilam-2. Suhang Nembang, son of the late Subhash Nembang, has been nominated as the CPN-UML candidate for Ilam-2. Hari Bol Gajurel, the party in-charge of Koshi Province, confirmed that the Maoist Center will not field its own candidate but will support the CPN-UML nominee, Nembang. The by-election in Ilam-2 is scheduled for April 27, with contenders including Milam Limbu from RSP, Laxmi Gurung from RPP, and Jeet Bahadur Rai from CPN (Unified Socialist) also in the fray. ...

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Three parties rally behind Suhang Nembang for Ilam-2 by-election

KATHMANDU: Three major political parties, CPN (UML), CPN (Maoist Center), and Nepal Communist Party led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’, have jointly appealed to voters to support Suhang Nembang, the CPN-UML candidate for the upcoming by-election in Ilam-2 on April 27. Suhang Nembang, son of the late party leader Subhash Nembang, has been nominated by […]

Maoist Center to back CPN-UML candidate in Ilam-2 by-election

KATHMANDU: The CPN (Maoist Center) has announced its decision to support the candidate from CPN-UML in the upcoming by-election for Ilam-2. Suhang Nembang, son of the late Subhash Nembang, has been nominated as the CPN-UML candidate for Ilam-2. Hari Bol Gajurel, the party in-charge of Koshi Province, confirmed that the Maoist Center will not field its own candidate but will support the CPN-UML nominee, Nembang. The by-election in Ilam-2 is scheduled for April 27, with contenders including Milam Limbu from RSP, Laxmi Gurung from RPP, and Jeet Bahadur Rai from CPN (Unified Socialist) also in the fray. ...

Maoist Center extends support to CPN-UML candidate for Ilam-2 by-election

KATHMANDU: The CPN (Maoist Center) has declared its backing for the CPN-UML candidate in the upcoming Ilam-2 by-election. Suhang Nembang, the son of the late Subhash Nembang, has been nominated as the CPN-UML candidate for Ilam-2. As a result of the Maoist Center’s decision, Dhirendra Sharma’s candidacy is set to be withdrawn in favor of […]

These are candidates announced for Ilam-2 by-election

KATHMANDU: Political parties have begun unveiling their candidates for the upcoming by-election in Ilam-2, set for April 27. As of now, CPN-UML, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), CPN (Unified Socialist), and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) have declared their candidates, with CPN (Maoist Center) and Nepali Congress expected to follow suit shortly. Here are the confirmed candidates […]

Ilam-2 by-election: Candidate selection underway

ILAM: The process of selecting candidates for the upcoming by-election scheduled for April 27 in Ilam constituency number 2 is currently underway. So far, CPN-UML, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), CPN-Unified Socialist Party, and Rastriya Prajtantra Party (RPP) have announced their candidates. However, the Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-Maoist Center are still deliberating on their potential […]

NA by-polls: Know the candidates of Gandaki Province

POKHARA, Jan 7: The ruling alliance and the main opposition party, CPN-UML is to face off for three vacant posts in the National Assembly in the upcoming by-election. The ruling alliance comprises the Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Rastriya Janamorcha Party. The tenure of NA members Dinanath Sharma and Khim Bahadur BK, elected from Maoist Center, and Shanti Kumari Pariyar, elected from  CPN (US) are due to end this month. Representing the ruling alliance, Maoist Center has fielded two candidates and the NC has fielded one candidate for the vacant posts. Candidates 1) Suresh Ale Magar (Maoist Center)  2) Bhuvan Sunar ( Maoist Center) 3) Kamala Panta (Nepali Congress) 4) Punya Poudel (UML) 5) Arjun Sonam (UML) 6) Lila Pokharel Thaten (UML) What is the status of votes? Even though the CPN (UML) has a strong hold as a political party in Gandaki Province, the decision of the ruling alliance to contest in the NA by-polls joining their hands has made the main opposition party look weak. CPN-UML, which possesses 27 seats in the provincial assembly, has altogether 1,296 votes. Likewise, the NC with 15 seats has 720 votes and the Maoist Center with 12 seats has 576  votes. Similarly, the JSP and Rastriya Janamorcha Party has 96 votes each. Likewise, in the local level, the NC with 86 people’s representatives has 1,498 votes, Maoist Center with 12 representatives has 216 votes and Rastriya Janamorcha Party with three representatives has 54 votes. Moreover, the CPN-UML with 70 people’s representatives at the local level has 1,260 votes.

Another blow for Oli’s UML as NC’s Pandey elected NA member from Lumbini

KATHMANDU, May 31:  Driga Narayan Pandey has been elected as the National Assembly (NA).  Pandey, the candidate fielded by the main opposition Nepali Congress with the backing of CPN (Maoist Center), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Rastriya Jana Morcha, secured a total of 160 votes [ 42 from Lumbini Provine Assembly and 118 from local levels] through the voting held on Monday.  Chandra Bahadur Khadka, who was in the race representing the ruling CPN-UML, suffered the loss as he garnered only 134 votes --- 40 from province lawmakers and 94 chiefs and deputy chiefs of local units.  Earlier, UML candidate Ram Bahadur Thapa also suffered a loss in the by-election for a vacant seat in the upper house from Bagmati Province. He lost to Dr Khimlal Devkota, an independent candidate supported by the opposition alliance.

NA by-poll in Lumbini Province today, voting underway (Photo Feature)

KATHMANDU, May 31: The Election Commission (EC) is holding the by-election for a vacant seat in the National Assembly (NA) from Lumbini Province, on Tuesday. According to the poll body, voting is taking place between 9 AM and 3 PM.  Voting for the vacant seat is underway at the Dang, Ghorahi-based polling center.  An electoral college of 300 voters --- 83 province assembly members and 217 chiefs and deputy chiefs of local units -- are electing a member for the upper house.  The seat has fallen vacant after the erstwhile lawmaker Chandra Bahadur Khadka, who was elected from the CPN (Maoist Center), joined the CPN-UML.  Ruling UML has fielded Khadka while Drigha Narayan Pandey of the opposition alliance including the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC), CPN (Maoist Center), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Rastriya Janamorcha, is one the race.

Lumbini Province: Bimala Khatri joins Maoist party:CM Pokharel in minitory

BUTWAL, May 1: Bimala Khatri, a Lumbini Province Assembly member, has decided to join the CPN (Maoist Center).  Khatri,  who was elected as an assembly representing the then Nepal Communist Party (NCP) from Dang 3 (B) through a by-election held in November, 2019 after former lawmaker and her husband Uttar Kumar Oli died in a road accident, opted to stay with the Maoist party.  The Supreme Court, however, invalidated the NCP through its February 23 order. Writing a letter to Kul Prasad KC, parliamentary party leader of the Maoist Center, she informed that she joined the Maoist party.  Following her decision to join the Maoist party, Chief Minister Shanker Pokharel, who was preparing to form a majority government under his leadership, has lost majority in the assembly. Now, the ruling CPN-UML has a total of 40 members in the assembly.