Maoist Centre and Nepali Congress finalise NA candidates; NA poll result will be made public as soon as possible, says CEC Yadav

Kathmandu / Jan 23: The CPN Maoist Centre and the Nepali Congress today have finalised the names of candidates for the National Assembly election.

As many as 13 seats have been finalised by CPN MC for the NA election while remaining one seat from province-2 is yet to be decided upon. The CPN MC candidates are as follows:

Name of the Candidate                              Category                                    Province

Bina Pokharel                                                       Women                                          Province-1

Sashi Kala Dahal                                                    Women                                         Province-2

Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal)                               Open                                             Province-3

Ganga Parajuli                                                         Women                                         Province-3

Dinanath Sharma                                                    Open                                             Province-4

Khim Bahadur BK                                                     Dalit                                            Province-4

Raj Kumar Kunwar                                                   Disable                                        Province-5

Chandra Bahadur Khadka                                      Open                                             Province-5

Jeevan Budha                                                            Disable                                          Province-6

Yutul Lama                                                                 Women                                         Province-6

Kali Bahadur Malla                                                   Open                                              Province-6

Lali Ram Lohar                                                           Dalit                                              Province-7

Hari Ram Chaudhary                                                Open                                              Province-7

Similarly, the Nepali Congress has finalised the names of candidates for the National Assembly election for Provinces 4, 6 and 7.

A total of 12 seats have been finalised by the NC for the NA election. The names of the NC candidates are as follows:

Name of the Candidate                 Category               Province

Brinda Rana Magar                               Women                   Province-4

Surendra Raj Pandey                            Open                        Province-4

Jeet Bahadur Nepali                              Dalit                        Province-4

Prakash Panta                                      Disable/Marginalised Province-4

Bishnu Bahadur Shahi                       Open                            Province-6

Surya Devi Malla                                 Women                        Province-6

Sita Ram BK                                         Dalit                              Province-6

Gopal Prasad Sharma                        Disable/Marginalised Province-6

Badri Pandey                                        Open                              Province-7

Tara Bhatta                                           Women                          Province-7

Sheri Ram Parki                                  Dalit                                 Province-7

Chhatraraj Joshi                                 Disable                              Province-7

NA poll result will be made public as soon as possible, says CEC Yadav

Meanwhile, Chief Election Commissioner Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has said that result of National Assembly election would be made public as soon as possible.

Addressing an election related training organised for the representatives of political parties participating in the National Assembly poll here on Tuesday, CEC Yadav urged all political parties to make the NA election a success.

He also requested the political parties to follow the election code of conduct, urging all to help the EC to hold the election in a free and fearless manner. During the training, the EC would impart training to representatives of the political parties on various election related issues including model of ballot paper, voting process and vote counting.

Representatives from CPN-UML, Federal Socialist Forum Nepal, Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and Nepali Congress, other parties are participating in the training.

According to EC, election code of conduct would be implemented from January 26 for NA election. A total of 2,056 voters including 1,506 chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the rural municipalities and mayors and deputy mayors and 550 province assembly members of seven provinces would exercise their voting rights during NA election.The NA election is taking place on February 7. RSS