KATHMANDU, January 25: Voting for the National Assembly (NA) elections concluded on Sunday, with candidates from the Nepali Congress (NC), CPN-UML and the Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (LSP) emerging victorious under a pre-election alliance, while other parties failed to secure seats.
Of the 18 seats up for grabs, the NC fielded candidates for nine seats, the UML for eight, and the LSP for one and the result came exactly as per their agreement. A total of 19 NA seats are becoming vacant on March 4. With one member to be nominated by the President upon the government’s recommendation, 18 seats were to be filled through elections.
As per the results, the Nepali Congress won nine seats, the CPN-UML secured eight, and the Loktantrik Samajwadi Party won one seat.
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party did not participate in the voting. Party spokesperson Mohan Shrestha said the party remained focused on the March 5 House of Representatives (HoR) election and therefore stayed away from the NA polls. A number of lawmakers and local-level representatives from other parties also didn’t participate in the voting.
– My Republica
