The Communist Party of Nepal (UML) has finalized its candidates for most provinces ahead of the upcoming National Assembly (Rastriya Sabha) elections. The party has nominated Roshani Meche for Koshi Province, Prem Dangal for Bagmati Province, Samjhana Devkota for Gandaki Province, Ramkumari Jhankri for Lumbini Province, Meena Rakhal for Karnali Province, and Lila Bhandari for Sudurpaschim Province. In Madhesh Province, the candidate is yet to be finalized, according to party secretary Mahesh Basnet. Notably, Roshani Meche serves as the personal secretary of UML chairman KP Sharma Oli, while Ramkumari Jhankri recently returned to UML from the Unified Socialist Party.
Nominations for National Assembly candidates will be registered today, Poush 23, 2082 (January 7, 2026). According to the Election Commission, candidates can submit their nominations from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The election will fill 18 vacant seats, with one seat directly nominated by the government.
Ahead of the election, major parties including Nepali Congress, CPN (UML), Nepali Communist Party, and the Madhesh-focused Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP/N) are preparing an electoral alliance. According to the current understanding, the alliance will distribute seats as follows: Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) will each receive seven seats, the Nepali Communist Party will receive three seats, and JSP Nepal and LOSP will receive one seat each. The final agreement on the alliance is expected to be confirmed today.
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