The CPN-UML has decided to support Dinesh Koirala, the rebel candidate of the Nepali Congress party, in the House of Representatives election in Chitwan's constituency 3.
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According to the results of the local level election, the Nepali Congress came first, the CPN (Maoist Center) second and the CPN (UML) third in Kavrepalanchok district.
KATHMANDU, May 14: Candidates of CPN-UML have been elected Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of Lomanthang Rural Municipality of Mustang district.
Tashi Nurbu Gurung has been elected to the post of the Chairperson of the municipality with 668 votes. His nearest contender was Tashi Gurung of Nepali Congress, who garnered 514 votes.
Likewise, Chumi Gurung of CPN-UML has been elected in the post of Vice-Chairperson of the Rural Municipality with 632 votes.
With this, the main opposition party, CPN-UML, has so far won three local units in the district.
The biggest archrivals of Nepali politics--CPN-UML and Nepali Congress--have partnered in one local unit of Rolpa in Lumbini also.
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Perhaps in one of the unique examples in Nepal's history, two archrivals--CPN-UML and Nepali Congress--have partnered for the upcoming local elections, in the Jhapa district of eastern Nepal.
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KATHMANDU: The newly formed CPN (Unified Socialist) has emerged stronger than CPN-UML in Province 2 and Sudur Paschim Province.
CPN (Unified Socialist), a party formed by a splinter faction of the main opposition CPN-UML, is led by Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Of the 21 lawmakers of CPN-UML in the provincial assembly of Province 2, 12 have already joined CPN (Unified Socialist). One more UML lawmaker in the province is soon to join the party, according to CPN (US) leaders.
Before the split, CPN-UML was the second-largest party in Province 2, Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) being first with 55 lawmakers. But, now, UML has been ranked as the fifth party in the province. JSP, which also suffered the split, now has 39 lawmakers followed by the Nepali Congress, the ruling party, with 19 lawmakers, Democratic Socialist Party with 16 and CPN (Unified Socialist) with 12 lawmakers.
Similarly, in Sudurpaschim Province, 13 lawmakers of CPN-UML have joined CPN (Unified Socialist) after the split which forced the party to slip to the third position in the province. It used to be the largest party before the split. Now the CPN-UML has 12 lawmakers, CPN (Maoist Center)14, NC 12 and JSP two.
