CPN (UML) has made public its closed list of candidates for the Proportional Representation (PR) seats for the upcoming House of Representatives elections, scheduled for March 5. Although the party submitted the list to the Election Commission on Monday night, it was officially released only on Wednesday evening.
Key highlights
Aadivasi Janajati Category: Party Vice-Chairman Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Badal' holds the top position in the male cluster.
Khas-Arya Category: Guru Prasad Baral ranks first in the male cluster. Notably, Baral is a leader who was defeated in the election for Central Committee member during the 11th UML General Convention.
Khas-Arya (Female): Former Minister Padma Aryal leads the list, followed by Tuka Bhadra Hamal, Niru Devi Pal, and Komal Oli.
Full candidate list by cluster
Khas-Arya (Female) Padma Aryal, Tuka Bhadra Hamal, Niru Devi Pal, Komal Oli, Narvada Devi Siwakoti, Angila Thapa, Menuka Kafle, Lata Prasai, Yashoda Kumari Baral, Leela Kumari Bhandari, Sanumaya Khadka, Narayan Kumari Khanal, Prabha Baral (Paudel), Kranti Burlakoti, Kalpana Sharma Joshi, Vijaya Dhital, Bhagirathi Kumari Chand.
Khas-Arya (Male): Guru Prasad Baral, Pushpa Raj Kandel, Gorakh Bahadur Bogati, Naresh Prasad Pokharel, Prem Parajuli, Parshuram Adhikari, Lal Bahadur Mahatara, Ram Bahadur Thapa (Syangja), Harishankar Yogi, Balaram Sharma, Durga Bahadur Shahi, Deepak Bahadur Paudel, Thaneshwar Prasad Basyal, Lal Bahadur Rawal, Daf Kumar Bastola, Bam Bahadur BC.
Aadivasi Janajati (Female): Bhumika Limbu Subba, Ganga Devi Shrestha, Anita Kandangwa, Ushakala Rai, Tara Devi Gurung, Lucky Sherpa, Mausham Rai, Nardevi Pun, Bhakta Kumari Lama, Meena Baram, Yamuna Ghale, Mankumari Titung, Kanta Rai, Sharmila Gurung, Sumitra Rajbanshi, Harusara Rana.
Aadivasi Janajati (Male): Ram Bahadur Thapa Magar, Kulbhakta Shakya, Yuddhabhakta Chitrakar, Indra Bahadur Tamang, Sonam Chhiring Lama, Vidhyanand Singh Rajbanshi, Santa Bahadur Praja, Baglal Budha Magar, Om Bahadur Gharti Magar, Jehendra Singh Aitwal (Sauka), Prem Ghale, Dal Bahadur Gurung, Vijaysingh Lama Tamang, Navin Rokka Magar, Bisham Lal Adhikari Danuwar, Raj Kumar Shrestha.
Madheshi (Female): Rigla Yadav, Yashodha Kumari Yadav, Bina Kumari Sah, Sharmila Kumari Yadav, Manju Mahato, Anshu Singh, Babita Das, Asha Yadav.
Madheshi (Male): Chandeshwar Mandal, Arvind Sah, Ramcharitra Sah, Rajesh Agrawal, Sushil Kumar Srivastava, Chandeshwar Yadav, Anil Kumar Singh, Bichari Prasad Yadav, Sachidanand Sah.
Dalit (Female): Bishnu Maya BK, Nita Ghatani, Radhika Bhujel Saki, Anju Nepali, Mayadevi Podeni, Urmila Devi Paswan, Maina Achhami, Sabitra Ghimire.
Dalit (Male): Jit Bahadur Darji Gautam, Yam Bahadur Pariyar, Manohar Bishwakarma Nepali, Nirmal Deula Pode, Som Portel, Bam Bahadur Bishwakarma, Jag Bahadur Nepali.
Tharu (Female): Manju Kumari Chaudhary, Shanta Chaudhary, Ichchha Kumari Chaudhary, Asaradevi Chaudhary.
Tharu (Male): Kriparam Rana, Shiva Prasad Chaudhary, Jajir Prasad Chaudhary.
Muslim (Female): Sajida Khatun Siddiqui, Ruhi Naz, Roziran Khatun.
Muslim (Male): Mohammad Harun Halwai, Ekbal Miya.
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