All seven parties pick PR candidates, EC to publicize final list on Monday

KATHMANDU, Dec 11: All seven political parties that have secured seats in the House of Representatives (HoR) under the Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system have submitted the final list of their candidates to the Election Commission on Saturday.

There is a provision to elect 110 members under the PR electoral system and 165 members under the First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system in the House of Representatives (HoR). A political party must receive at least three percent of the total valid votes in the PR electoral system to secure their PR seats.

According to the Election Commission (EC), only seven political parties, namely the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party and Janamat Party had crossed the three percent threshold to secure their PR seats.

These seven parties on Saturday submitted the final list of candidates, whose names are already submitted in the closed list to the EC, for their election as HoR members under the PR electoral system. The EC will now verify the names submitted by the parties and officially announce their election on Monday, according to Joint Secretary Yagya Prasad Bhattarai at the EC.

In the recently-held election, the UML had secured 34 seats, NC 32 seats, Maoist Center 24 seats, Rastriya Swatantra Party 13 seats and RPP 7 seats under the PR electoral system. Similarly, Janata Samajbadi Party and Janamat Party have each won 5 seats under the PR electoral system.

Joint Secretary Bhattarai said the EC will send the final list of HoR members elected both under the FPTP and PR electoral systems to President Bhandari to pave the way for the formation of a new government. As per the existing laws, the EC has to submit a final list of the HoR candidates elected within seven days of the publication of the final results to the president.

Here is the list of PR candidates nominated by seven parties

CPN-UML

Khas Arya : Raghuji Pant, Eknath Dhakal, Dayal Bahadur Shahi, Menka Kumari Pokharel, Sarita Bhusal, Shova Gyanwali, Bijula Rayamajhi, Nirmala Koirala, Samjhana Thapaliya, Deepa Sharma and Sunita Baral

Indigenous Community : Debi Prasad Bhattachan, Hemraj Rai, Kaluram Rai, Nainakala Thapa, Surya Kumari Shrestha, Urmila Thebe, Rana Kumari Balampaki Magar, Shanti Shrestha and Saraswati Subba

Dalit Community: Ishwar Bahadur Rijal, Prabhu Hazara Paaswan, Chandra Bahadur Bishwokarma, Rukmani Rana Baraili and Harka Maya Bishwokarma

Madhesi Community : Ganga Prasad Yadav, Amrit Lal Rajbanshi, Bina Devi, Amrita Agrahari and Pratikshya Tiwari Mukhiya

Tharu Community : Aashma Kumari Chaudhary and Shanti Chaudhary

Muslim : Saraj Ahmad Khan

Nepali Congress

Khas Arya: Prakash Sharan Mahat, Ambika Basnet, Sarita Prasai, Arju Rana Deuba, Ishwari Neupane, Pratima Gautam, Manju Khand, Rama Koirala Paudyal, Kantika Sejuwal and Maina Rawal

Indigenous Community: Saraswati Bajimaya, Liladevi Wokhim (Limbu), Sita Kumari Rana, Sushila Thing, Sapana Rajbhandari, Maya Rai, Kusum Thapa Magar, Manorama Sherchan and Anjani Shrestha

Dalit Community: Jeewan Pariyar, Santi BK, Rupa BK, Sita Mijar, and Aasha BK

Madhesi Community: Bimalendra Nidhi, Nagina Yadav, Mukta Kumari Yadav, Chanda Chaudhary and Sangita Mandal

Tharu Community: Kalpana Chaudhary and Bina Kumari Thanet

Muslim Community: Jabeda Khatun Jaga

CPN (Maoist Center)

Khas Arya : Hitraj Pandey

Indigenous Community: Durga Rai, Mina Tamang, Urmila Majhi Poudel and Tsering Lhamu Lama Tamang

Dalit Community : Ranendra Barali and Sushila Shripali Thakuri

Madhesi Community : Meena Yadav and Amarawati Devi Yadav

Backward Area : Kalpana Miya

Women : Gyanu Basnet Subedi, Bimala Subedi, Narayani Sharma and Rupasosi Chaudhary (Tharu)

Rastriya Swatantra Party