KATHMANDU: Amid continued tension between factions following the party’s Special General Convention, the Nepali Congress has been steadily finalizing its candidates for the upcoming House of Representatives election.
Party President Gagan Thapa has intensified consultations with rival groups and pushed the ticket distribution process to its final stage. According to Thapa’s secretariat, candidate selection has been completed in almost all constituencies, with only a few seats left undecided.
The process gained further momentum after former Prime Minister and outgoing party president Sher Bahadur Deuba announced that he would not contest the election. Following his decision, the party has also moved ahead with selecting a new candidate in his long-held constituency.
Nepali Congress candidates:
- Dhankuta – Dinesh Rai
- Panchthar – Narendra Kerung
- Taplejung – Gajendra Tumyahang
- Terhathum – Santosh Subba
- Ilam-1 – Nishkal Rai
- Ilam-2 – Bhesraj Acharya
- Udayapur-1 – Bidur Basnet
- Udayapur-2 – Ram Kumar Rai
- Morang-3 – Sunil Sharma
- Khotang – Bir Kaji Rai
- Okhaldhunga – Ramhari Khatiwada
- Solukhumbu – Prakash Karki
- Palpa-1 – Sandip Rana
- Palpa-2 – Himal Datta Shrestha
- Gorkha-1 – Prem Khatri
- Gorkha-2 – Prakash Dawadi
- Manang – Tek Bahadur Gurung
- Mustang – Yogendra Gauchan
- Baglung-2 – Tekraj Poudel
- Myagdi – KB Bhandari
- Rolpa – Dr. Sudan Kumar Wali
- Dang-1 – Yogendra Chaudhary
- Dang-2 – Kishor Ghimire
- Dang-3 – Hold
- East Rukum – Kusum Thapa Magar
- Pyuthan – Dr. Govindra Raj Pokhrel
- Dailekh-1 – Dipal Shah
- Dailekh-2 – Basana Thapa
- Kalikot – Harsha Bahadur Bam
- Dolpa – Karnabahadur Shah
- Jumla – Dip Bahadur Shah
- Humla – Jayapati Rokaya
- Mugu – Ain Bahadur Shah
- Salyan – Keshab Bista
- Achham-1 – Bharat Swor
- Achham-2 – Pushpa Shah
- Bajura – Janak Giri
- Baitadi – Chatur Bahadur Chand
- Doti – Bharat Bahadur Khadka
- Lalitpur-1 – Udaya Shamsher Rana
- Kathmandu-6 – Sabuj Baniya
- Parbat – Arjun Joshi
- Tanahun-1 – Govinda Bhattarai
- Tanahun-2 – Shankar Bhandari
- Gulmi-1 – Chandra Bhandari
- Gulmi-2 – Bhuvan Shrestha
- Kanchanpur-1 – Gopi Upadhyaya
- Kanchanpur-2 – NP Saud
- Kanchanpur-3 – Hold
- Kailali-1 – Janak Raj Chaudhary
- Kailali-2 – Bijay Swar
- Kailali-3 – Bharat Baduwal
- Kailali-4 – Bir Bahadur Balayar
- Kailali-5 – Nar Narayan Shah
- Darchula – Dharmananda Joshi
- Dadeldhura – Hold
- Bajhang – Prakash Snehi
- Bara-3 – Farmullah Mansoor
- Dhanusha-1 – Mukta Kumari Yadav
- Dhanusha-3 – Bimalendra Nidhi
- Nuwakot-1 – Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat
- Nuwakot-2 – Jagadishwar Narasingh KC
- Kavre-2 – Madhu Acharya
- Dolakha – Ajay Babu Siwakoti
- Surkhet-1 – Hold
- Surkhet-2 – Narayan Koirala
- Bhojpur – Bal Krishna Thapa
- Lamjung – Gam Prasad Gurung
- Syangja-1 – Bharat Dhakal
- Syangja-2 – Bhagwat Prakash Malla
- Baglung-1 – Bhim Sirish
- Baglung-2 – Tekraj Poudel
- Rupandehi-2 – Chunnu Prasad Poudel
- Rupandehi-3 – Sushil Gurung
- Nawalparasi-1 – Binod Chaudhary
- Nawalparasi-2 – Devendra Kandel
- Sunsari-3 – Bijay Gachchhadar
- Sunsari-4 – Gyanendra Bahadur Karki
- Saptari-1 – Ramdev Sah
- Saptari-2 – Ram Kumar Yadav
- Saptari-3 – Dinesh Yadav
- Saptari-4 – Tejulal Chaudhary
- Sindhuli-1 – Ujjwal Baral
- Siraha-1 – Ram Sundar Chaudhary
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