Of the total 240 FPTP seats, leaders said, they are yet to select three candidates for Bhaktapur constituency 1, Rautahat-3 and Rautahat-6. They said they plan to field women candidates from the three constituencies.[break]
The party is yet to name 335 candidates under the proportional representative (PR) electoral system for the 601-member CA.
As per the calendar of events of the Election Commission (EC), the parties have to submit the list of PR candidates on Thursday and FPTP candidates on Friday.
The party has decided to field some of the key leaders from two constituencies. Party chairman Jhalanath Khanal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Bamdev Gautam and Bishnu Paudel are to run from two constituencies each. Khanal is going to run from constituency 1 of his home district Ilam and Sarlahi-1, Nepal from Rautahat-1 and Kathmandu 2, Gautam from Bardiya-1 and Pyuthan-1 and Paudel from Rupandehi-4 and Nawalparasi-3.
In the last CA election held in 2008, Khanal was elected from Ilam-1, while Nepal had lost from two constituencies (Kathmandu 2 and Rautahat). Similarly, Gautam was defeated from Bardiya-1 while Paudel won from Rupandehi-4. But this time, Paudel has been given one more constituency. UML insiders said he was given one more constituency “as he may be feeling insecure with UCPN (Maoist) leader Baburam Bhattarai who is going to contest from Rupandehi-4”.
Among other top leaders, KP Sharma Oli is contesting from Jhapa-7, General Secretary Ishwar Pokharel from Kathmandu-5, Secretary Shankar Pokharel from Dang-4 and former CA Chairman Subas Nembang from Ilam-2. Similarly, former finance minister Surendra Pandey is contesting from Chitwan-1, former home minister Bhim Rawal from Achham-1, former minister for Tourism Pradeep Gyawali from Gulmi-2 and former minister for energy Gokarna Bista from Gulmi-3.
Other senior leaders Bidyadevi Bhandari, Bharat Mohan Adhikari, Yubaraj Gyawali, Amrit Bohara and Siddhilal Singh are said to be proposed under the PR list.
Party Secretary Shankar Pokharel said at least 50 percent of those nominated under the list are contesting for the first time under the FPTP election. He said the party has fielded 25 women and seven from dalit communities.
However, failing to select some of the noted youth leaders including Rajendra Rai, Khimlal Bhattarai, Basanta Manandhar, Thakur Gaire and Ram Kumari Jhankri, among others, has courted controversy within the party. Rai has expressed his dissatisfaction through his Facebook page for not being included in the list.
Party insiders said there was a tough competition between youth leader Gaire and former lawmaker Som Prasad Pandey.
After long-drawn-out lobbying from both sides, Pandey made it to the list. His selection was noted by party members as Gaire is close to Khanal while Pandey is a close relative of former Prime Minister Nepal. Pandey´s son married was to Nepal´s daughter last year.
Some of the new faces picked by the party include Mahesh Basnet, Hira KC, Manju Yadav, Shree Prasad Sah, Parbat Gurung, Thagendra Prakash Puri, Tara Prasad Joshi, Surendra Manandhar and Nirmal Kuikel.
The party nominated over two dozens of candidates who were elected under the FPTP in the last election. They include Chairman Khanal, Dambardhwoj Tumbahamphe, Dambar Singh Sambahamphe, Prithivi Subba Gurung, Pradeep Gyawali, Pradyumna Chauhan, Kul Prasad Nepal, Raghubir Mahaseth, Shatrughna Mahato, Subas Nembang, Deepak Karki, Bhim Prasad Acharya, Kamala Sharma, Yamlal Kandel, Ravindra Adhikari, Bishnu Paudel and Ramnath Dhakal.
Kamala Sharma was the only woman who won the election under the FPTP during the last election. However, the party didn´t select Krishna Prasad Sapkota, who was the only candidate to win under the FPTP from Bagmati zone in the last election.
Some noted former CA members Kiran Gurung, Hitkaji Gurung and Dal Bahadur Rana Magar, who were directly elected last time have also been dropped.
Though industrialist Binod Chaudhary was widely discussed as possible UML candidate from Nawalparasi district, he couldn´t make it this time around. The party had nominated him under the PR quota in the last election.
The party has fielded actor Bhuwan KC from Kathmandu-1 where Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Prakash Man Singh is certain to contest from.
“We can still strike a balance among various communities, gender, age group and regional representation while selecting candidates for the PR list,” said Pokharel.
UML candidates for CA polls
Taplejung
1. Bhupendra Thebe
2. Dambardhwoj Tumbahamphe
Panchthar
1.Ganesh Kangmang,
2.Dambar Sambahamphe
Sankhuwasabha
1.Hemraj Ghimire,
2.Rajendra Gautam
Terhathum
Bhawani Khapung
Bhojpur
1.Kripasur Sherpa,
2.Sherdhan Rai
Solukhumbu
Aangnima Lama
Rasuwa
Janardan Dhakal
Manang
Chhiring Lopsang
Mustang
Chandra Mohan Gauchan
Dolpa
Dhan Bahadur Budha
Mugu
Mohan Baniya
Jumla
Padam Bahadur Rokaya,
Kalikot
Kurma Raj Shahi
Humla
Dal Rawal
Bajura
Karna Bahadur Thapa
Achham
1 Bhim Bahadur Rawal,
2 Bharat Saud
Bajhang
1 .Man B Khatri,
2. Lal B Rawal
Doti
1.Narad Malasi,
2.Prem Bahadur Aale
Darchula
Ganesh Singh Thagunna
Baitadi
1.Damodar Bhandari,
2. Mahadev Bhatta
Dadeldhura
Tara Prasad Joshi
Khotang
1.PK RaiBishal
2. Bhattarai
Rukum
1.Khem Man Khadka
2.Thagendra Prakash Puri
Pyuthan
1. Bamdev Gautam,
2. Hiram Bahadur KC
Salyan
1.Gulabjung Shah
2.Prakash Jwala
Rolpa
1.Hit Bahadur Roka,
2.Kumar Dasaudi
Dang
1 Rewati Rama Sharma,
2 Shanta Chaudhary
3.Laxman Acharya
4 Shankar Pokharel
5.Uttar Kumar Oli
Banke
1.Dev Raj Bhar,
2.Dinesh Chandra Yadav
3.Bijaya Dhital
4.Dal Bahadur Sunar
Jajarkot
1.Dambar Bahadur Singh,
2. Krishna Bahadur Budha
Dailekh
1.Ammar Bahadur Thapa,
2.Laxmi Prasad Pokharel
Kanchanpur
1.Lal B Bishwokarma
2.Tara Lama
3.Nar Bahadur Dhami
4.Urba Datta Pant
Myagdi
Nawaraj Sharma
Baglung
1.Hira KC
2.Surya Pathak
3.Shanti Adhikari
Lamjung
1.Jamindra Man Ghale
2 Prithivi Subba Gurung
Gorkha
1.Ram Sharan Basnet
2 Baburam Adhikari
3 .Krishna Nepali
Tanahun
1.Ram Bahadur Gurung,
2.Krishna Kumar Shrestha
3.Tukraj Sigdel
Syangja
1.Narayan Marasini,
2.Krishna Khad
3.Mukti Prasad Pathak
Gulmi
1.Maina Kumari Bhandari
2.Pradeep Kumar Gyawali
3.Gokarna Bista
Kapilvastu
1.Balram Adhikari,
2.Ajijud Rahaman
3. Baburam Khanal
4. Netra Raj Adhikari
5.Mina Pariyar
Rautahat
1 Madhav Kumar Nepal
2 Abdul Kalam Aajad
3
4.Sarala Yadav
5.Ram Kumar Bhattarai
Bara
1.Batahu Yadav,
2.Basudev Yadav
3.Binod Shah
4.Mahamud Aalam
5.Balbir Chaudhary
6.Purushottam Poudel
Parsa
1.Nawaraj Sharma
2.Bichari Yadav
3. Raj Kumar Gupta
4. Pradhumna Chauhan
5. Jaya Prakash Tharu
Makawanpur
1.Gunaraj Jarghamagar,
2.Subas Chandra Thakuri
3.Ananta Raj Poudel
4.Rajaram Syangtan
Palpa
1.Radhakrishna Kanel,
2.Som Prasad Pande
3.Kul Prasad Nepal
Arghakhachi
1.Narendra Kumar Chhetri,
2.Duman Thapa
Sindhupalchwok
1.Arun Nepal
2.Subas Karmacharya
3.Sher Bahadur Tamang
Nuwakot
1.Keshav Pande
2.Shobha Shrestha
3.Narayan Khatiwada
Kavre
1.Sangramjit Lama,
2.Ramhari Subedi
3.Gokul Baskota
4.Bidur Sapkota
Dolakha
1.Parbat Gurung
2.Ananda Pokharel
Ramechhap
1 Kamal Prakash Sunuwar
2 Kailash Dhungel
Sindhuli
1.Ganesh Pahadi
2.Uma Koirala
3.Kamal Jung Rai
Sarlahi
1.Jhala Nath Khanal,
2.Surendra Lama
3. Hari Upreti
4.Raj Narayan Shah
5.Narendra Raya Yadav
6.Bina Thakur
Mahottari
1.Durga Dahal
2.Manju Yadav
3.Ram Dayal Mandal
4.Ilias Ansari
5.Dip Narayan Sah Teli
6.Kaushi Lal Yadav
Dhanusha
1.Ratneshwor Goit
2.Ananda (Gangaram) Yadav
3.Juli Kumari Mahato
4.Shree Prasad Yadav
5.Raghu Bir Mahaseth
6.Yognarayan Yadav
7.Shatrughan Mahato
Siraha
1.Rajendra Mahato
2.Ram Chandra Yadav
3.Pramod Kumar Yadav
4.Ram Awatar Yadv
5.Lilanath Shrestha
6.Sitadevi Shah
Ilam
1.Jhala Nath Khanal
2. Subas Nembang
3.Tek Bahadur Rai
Jhapa
1.Rabin Koirala
2.Pabitra Niraula
3.Basanta Baniya
4.Prem Giri
5. Lal Prasad Sawa
6 .Deepak Karki
7. KP Sharma Oli
Dhankuta
1.Tika Chemjong,
2.Rajendra Rai
Sunsari
1.Krishna Kumar Rai,
2.Rewati Bhandari
3.Bhagwati Chaudhary
4.Khem Raj Pokharel
5.Jagdish Kushait
6.Bhim Prasad Acharya
Morang
1.Rishikesh Pokharel,
2.Chandi Prasd Rai
3 Guru Baral
4.Gyaneshwor Rajbanshi
5.Pujan Niraula
6. Mahesh Bhattarai
7.Yasoda Adhikari
8.Chandra Bahadur Gurung
9.Ghanshyam Khatiwada
Okhaldhunga
1.Yagya Raj Sunuwar,
2.Nani Babu Budhathoki
Udayapur
1.Mani Raj Upadhya
2.Manju Chaudhary
3.Jaganath Khatiwada
Saptari
1.Suman Pyakurel
2.Sailendra Jha
3.Manjudevi Sah
4.Tarakant Chaudhari
5.Govinda Neupane
6.Brij Narayan Shah
Kailai
1.Prem Saud
2.Mohan Singh Rathaur
3.Chandrika Prasad Chaudhary
4.Drigha Sodari
5.Padam Singh Sidhal
6 Maheshwor Pathak
Surkhet
1.Kamala Sharma
2.Yam Lal Kandel
3 Nawaraj Rawat
Parbat
Ganesh Timilsina
Bikash Lamsal
Kaski
1.Man Bahadur GC
2 Krishna Thapa
3 Rabindra Adhikari, Kaski
4 Sita Giri, Kaski
Nawalparasi
1.Deepak Adhikari
2.Jeevan Shrestha
3.Bishnu Prasad Poudel
4.Baijanath Chaudhary
5.Dipendra Pokharel
6.Ringala Yadav
Rupandehi
1.Chhabi Lal Bishwokarma
2.Bharat Pokharel
3.Ghanshyam Bhusal
4.Bishnu Prasad Poudel
5.Ram Nath Dhakal
6.Pampawati Khanal
7.Shreeram Yadav
Chitwan
1.Surendra Pande
2.Krishna Khanal
3.Dil Kumari Rawal
4.Dan Bahadur Tamang
Dhading
1.Dhan Bahadur Ghale
2.Guru Burlakoti
3.Rajendra Pande
Kathmandu
1 Bhuwan KC,
2.Madhav Kumar Nepal
3 Rameshwor Phuyal
4. Nirmal Kuikel
5. Ishwor Pokharel
6.Yogesh Bhattarai,
7.Rambir Manandhar
8 Jeevan Ram Shrestha
9.Krishna Gopal Shresha
10.Surendra Manandhar
Bhaktapur
1.
2.Mahesh Basnet
Lalitpur
1 Madhu Sudan Poudel,
2.Krishna Lal Maharjan
3 Raghuji Panta
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