High-Stakes Electoral Battle in Jhapa Constituency 5 Features Prominent Political Figures

Kathmandu. There is nationwide interest in Constituency No. 5 of Jhapa for the House of Representatives election.

A highly anticipated contest is set to take place in this constituency between senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party and former Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Balendra (Balen) Shah, and the Chairman of CPN-UML and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

The competition between Balen and Oli is expected to be very interesting. Besides these two, there are 22 other candidates in this constituency.

The Election Commission has published the sample ballot paper for the direct election under the House of Representatives. According to this, the CPN-UML's election symbol 'Sun' is leading, followed sequentially in the first row (to the right) by the Nepali Congress's 'Tree', the Communist Party of Nepal's (Five-Pointed Star), the RSP's 'Bell', and the RPP's 'Plough'.

Here, the candidates are Mandira Chimariya from the Nepali Congress, Ranjit Tamang from the Communist Party of Nepal, Laxmi Prasad Sangraula from the RPP, Dhiren Subba from the Janata Samajbadi Party, and Amritlal Mahato from the Janmat Party.

Similarly, San Bahadur Meche from the Mongol National Organization, Padam Bahadur Jabegu from the Nepal Janamukti Party, Sabin Rai from the Rastriya Parivartan Party, Sushant Sampang Rai from the Federal Democratic National Forum, Samir Tamang from the Shram Sanskriti Party, Sanjay Rai from the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), Amrit Rasaili from the Rastriya Mukti Party, and Dharmaraj Guragain from the People First Party are candidates.

Pushkar Khatiwada, Prakash Nepal, Khem Nath Shiwakoti, and Dammar Shahu have filed independent candidacies in this constituency. 
 

See the Sample Ballot Paper