UML finalizes candidate list for March 5 poll (With  candidate names)

KATHMANDU, JanThe CPN UML has finalized candidates in most constituencies for the House of Representatives election scheduled for March 5, 2026.

Party secretary Mahesh Basnet said the Secretariat meeting held on Saturday at the party’s central office in Chyasal, Lalitpur, decided candidate names for all but a few constituencies.

According to him, party chair KP Sharma Oli will contest from Jhapa 5, while Speaker Devraj Ghimire will run from Jhapa 2.

Similarly, Vice Chair Bishnu Prasad Paudel from Palpa 2, Vice Chair Gokarna Bista from Gulmi 2, Vice Chair Prithvi Subba Gurung from Lamjung, Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatt from Kailali 5, and Raghuvir Mahaseth from Dhanusha 4 have been nominated.

Secretary Mahesh Basnet will contest from Bhaktapur 2, while Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal will run from Terhathum.

Candidate list by province

Sudurpaschim Province

Kailali

1.      Dwarika Nyaupane

2.      Surya Bahadur Thapa

3.      Gaurishankar Chaudhary

4.      Lekhraj Bhatt

5.      Yagya Raj Dhungana

Kanchanpur

1.      Kamala Bohara

2.      Bachan Bahadur Singh

3.      Deepak Bhatt

Achham

1.      Jhapat Bahadur Bohara

2.      Yagya Bogati

Bajura

1.      Lal Bahadur Thapa

Doti

1.      Deepak Dhami

Dadeldhura

1.      Chakra Snehi

Bajhang

1.      Afilal Okheda

Baitadi

1.      Damodar Bhandari

Darchula

1.      Ganesh Singh Thagunna

Karnali Province

Salyan

1.      Gulab Jung Shah

Rukum West

1.      Nanda Ram Devkota

Surkhet

1.      Dhurba Shahi

2.      Kulmani Devkota

Kalikot

1.      Nagendra Shahi (National)

Jumla

1.      Shantilal Mahat

2.      Shanti Bahadur Mahat

Mugu

1.      Purna Bahadur Rokaya

Humla

1.      Dal Fadera

Dolpa

1.      Lank Rokaya

Dailekh

1.      Rabindra Raj Sharma

2.      Laxmi Raj Sharma

Jajarkot

1.      Dammar Bahadur Singh

Lumbini Province

Nawalparasi

1.      Ram Prasad Pandey

2.      Bhagwati Prasad Yadav

Rupandehi

1.      To be decided by chair

2.      To be decided by chair

3.      Basudev Ghimire

4.      To be decided by chair

5.      Khimlal Bhattarai

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1.      Bishram Chaudhary

2.      To be decided by chair

3.      Birendra Kadauniya

Dang

1.      To be decided by chair after consulting general secretary

2.      To be decided by chair after consulting general secretary

3.      Ghanshyam Pandey

Banke

1.      Surya Dhakal

2.      To be decided by chair

3.      Dal Bahadur Sunar

Bardiya

1.      Salikram Adhikari

2.      Bimala Bik

Palpa

1.      Narayan Acharya

2.      Bishnu Prasad Paudel

Rukum East

1.      To be decided by chair

Rolpa

1.      Gokul Gharti

Pyuthan

1.      Surya Bahadur Thapa

Arghakhanchi

1.      Pitambar Bhusal

Gulmi

1.      Pradeep Gyawali

2.      Gokarna Bista

Gandaki Province

Nawalpur

1.      Bhagirath Sapkota

2.      Til Bahadur Mahat Chhetri

Gorkha

1.      R C Lamichhane

2.      Milan Gurung

Lamjung

1.      Prithvi Subba Gurung

Tanahun

1.      Bhagwati Nyaupane

2.      Kedar Sigdel

Syangja

1.      Min Prasad Gurung

2.      Khim Bahadur Thapa

Myagdi

1.      Hari Krishna Shrestha

Kaski

1.      Bain Bahadur Chhetri

2.      Krishna Thapa

3.      Damodar Bairagi

Baglung

1.      Hira KC

2.      Manju Sharma Chalise

Mustang

1.      Indradhara Bista

Manang

1.      Polden Sotang Gurung

Parbat

1.      Padam Giri

Bagmati Province

Sindhuli

1.      Pradeep KC Katuwal

2.      Manoj Jung Thapa

Ramechhap

1.      Madhav Prasad Dhungel

Dolakha

1.      Parbat Gurung

Sindhupalchok

1.      Ang Dorje Sherpa

2.      Sher Bahadur Tamang

Kavre

1.      Amit Lama

2.      To be decided by chair

Dhading

1.      Bhumi Tripathi

2.      Dhan Bahadur Ghale

Nuwakot

1.      Badri Mainali

2.      Keshav Pandey

Rasuwa

1.      Prem Bahadur Tamang

Makwanpur

1.      Rameshwar Rana

2.      Mahesh Bartaula

Chitwan

1.      Krishna Raj Kamal Pathak

2.      Asmin Ghimire

3.      Shankar Raj Thapaliya

Kathmandu

1.      Mohan Regmi

2.      Maniram Phuyal

3.      Rameshwar Phuyal

4.      To be decided by chair

5.      To be decided by chair

6.      Aman Kumar Maske

7.      To be decided by chair

8.      Rajesh Shakya

9.      To be decided by chair

10.  Binod Shrestha

Lalitpur

1.      Chetnath Sanjel

2.      Prem Bahadur Maharjan

3.      To be decided by chair

Bhaktapur

1.      Som Prasad Mishra

2.      Mahesh Basnet

Madhesh Province

Saptari

1.      Suman Pyakurel

2.      Satish Singh

3.      Tarakant Chaudhary

4.      Bal Krishna Chaudhary

Siraha

1.      Kedar Yadav

2.      Navin Kumar Yadav

3.      Lilanath Shrestha

4.      Biltu Yadav

Dhanusha

1.      Ramchandra Mandal

2.      Umashankar Agrahari

3.      Julie Mahato

4.      Raghuvir Mahaseth

Mahottari

1.      Laxmi Mahato Koiri

2.      Ram Parikshan Yadav

3.      To be decided by chair

4.      Saroj Yadav

Sarlahi

1.      To be decided by chair

2.      To be decided by chair

3.      Hari Upreti

Rautahat

1.      Ajay Gupta

2.      Shailendra Sah

3.      Kundan Kushwaha

4.      Ramji Shah

Bara

1.      Achyut Mainali

2.      Balbir Chaudhary

3.      Jwala Shah

4.      Kisan Shrestha

Parsa

1.      To be decided by chair

2.      To be decided by chair

3.      Pramod Jaiswal

4.      Jalim Miyan Ansari

Koshi Province

Taplejung

1.      To be decided by chair

Panchthar

1.      Aindra Sundar Nembang

Ilam

1.      Kajiman Kagate

2.      Suhang Nembang

Jhapa

1.      Ramchandra Upreti

2.      Devraj Ghimire

3.      To be decided by chair

4.      Manoj Tamli

5.      KP Sharma Oli

Sankhuwasabha

1.      Dr Arjun Karki

Dhankuta

1.      Rajendra Rai

Bhojpur

1.      Sherdan Rai

Terhathum

1.      Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal

Sunsari

1.      Surya Pandak

2.      Jagadish Kusiyat

3.      To be decided by chair

4.      Bhagwati Chaudhary

Morang

1.      Ghanshyam Khatriwada

2.      Dilip Bagediya

3.      Dilip Rai

4.      Jeevan Ghimire

5.      To be decided by chair

6.      To be decided by chair

Solukhumbu

1.      Kalpana Rai

Okhaldhunga

1.      Asmita Thapa

Udayapur

1.      Durga Thapa Swoti

2.      Amar Raimajhi

Khotang

1.      Dev Bikram Rai