KATHMANDU, Jan 26: The ruling alliance secured victory in 18 of the 19 seats in the elections held for the members of National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday.
Except for the victory of one of its members in Province 1, the main opposition party, UML lost seven seats in the remaining other provinces.
The election was held on Wednesday after the four-year terms of 19 National Assembly members expired recently. A total of 43 candates contested in the polls for 19 seats that include seven under women cluster, three under Dalit cluster, two under physically disabled and minority cluster and seven under various other clusters.
The UML currently has 24 seats in the upper house. Even after the loss of seven seats in the election, the UML continues to be the first largest party in the upper house.
While the CPN (Maoist Center) has 14 members, the Nepali Congress and CPN (Unified Socialist) each have 7 members. Similarly, Janata Samajbadi Party and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party have 2 and 1 members, respectively.
List of candidates securing victory in the National Assembly election
Province 1
Jayanti Devi Rai CPN (Maoist Center)
Sonam Geljen Sherpa CPN-UML
Dr Devkota secures victory in National Assembly by-poll
Gopal Kumar Basnet Nepali Congress
Madhesh Province
Urmila Aryal CPN (Maoist Center)
Mohammad Khalid Janata Samajbadi Party
Bagmati Province
Goma Devi Timilsina CPN (Unified Socialist)
Krishna Prasad Poudel Nepali Congress
Gandaki Province
Kamala Pant Nepali Congress
Bhuwan Bahadur Sunar CPN(Maoist Center)
Suresh Kumar Ale Magar CPN (Maoist Center)
Lumbini Province
Rajendra Laxmi Gaire CPN (Unified Socialist)
Tul Prasad Bishwakarma People's Front Nepal
Yubaraj Sharma Nepali Congress
Karnali Province
Durga Gurung Nepali Congress
Nara Bahadur Bista CPN(Maoist Center)
Udaya Bahadur Bohora CPN(Unified Socialist)
Sudur Pashchim Province
Madan Kumari Sah (Garima) CPN (Unified Socialist)
Jagat Bahadur Parki CPN (Maoist Center)
Narayan Dutta Mishra Nepali Congress
