36 Candidates Vie for Federal Parliament Seat in Rupandehi-3 Election on February 21

Rupandehi. A total of 36 candidates will be competing in the House of Representatives election in Rupandehi Constituency No. 3 scheduled for the upcoming Falgun 21. Candidates from 19 political parties, including 17 independents, are in the race for this constituency.

According to the Chief Election Officer Ashok Kumar Basnet, the final list of candidates for Rupandehi-3 has been finalized, and election symbols have been allocated to the 36 contenders for voting purposes.

In the 2079 BS election, Deepak Bohara of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) was elected from this constituency. Bohara defeated the Nepali Congress candidate and then Home Minister Balkrishna Khand to secure the victory. Bohara, who was elected as a Member of Parliament, passed away in Chaitra 2081 BS.

In 2074 BS, Ghanashyam Bhusal of CPN (UML) was elected from here, in 2070 BS Deepak Bohara of RPP, and in 2064 BS Om Prakash Yadav (Guljari) of Madhesi Jan Adhikar Forum was elected.

Currently, Basudev Ghimire is the candidate from CPN (UML) in this constituency. In the 2079 BS election, Ghimire was elected as a Member of Parliament after defeating former Minister of State for Finance and Nepali Congress candidate Bharat Kumar Shah in Rupandehi Constituency No. 5.

Ghimire is also the founding mayor of Tilottama Municipality in Rupandehi. In the 2079 BS election, UML had supported RPP candidate Deepak Bohara in Rupandehi-3.

Similarly, leader Sushil Gurung is the candidate from the Nepali Congress. Gurung, the regional chairman of Nepali Congress Rupandehi Constituency No. 3, is also a former student union (SWO) chairman of Bhairahawa Multiple Campus. Gurung, who is involved in various organizations, worked to ensure the victory of party candidates in the previous elections. This time, he is a candidate himself.

Likewise, Faiz Ahmad Khan is the candidate from the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN). In 2074 BS, he was a candidate for mayor of Siddharthanagar Municipality from the then CPN (Maoist Centre).

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has nominated senior neurologist Dr. Lekh Jung Thapa as its candidate. Following the death of Deepak Bohara, who was elected from Rupandehi-3 in the 2079 BS election, the Election Commission was preparing to hold an election on Kartik 17, 2082 BS for the vacant post.

Thapa was the party's candidate for the by-election. After the new House of Representatives election date was announced for the upcoming Falgun 21, the remaining programs related to the by-election were canceled.

Furthermore, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has nominated Captain Gaurav Bohara as its candidate. Bohara is the son of the late Deepak Bohara. Bohara, who worked as a senior pilot for Buddha Air for a long time and has experience in the civil aviation sector, became a candidate for the House of Representatives member this time.

Similarly, Shrinivas Yadav is the candidate from the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), Nepal. Yadav was a candidate for Provincial Assembly member from Rupandehi Constituency No. 4 (2) in 2074 BS. The Janmat Party has nominated 29-year-old Vishal Gupta as its candidate.

Moreover, the Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party has nominated Sugrimchai, the Rastriya Janamorcha has nominated Badre Alam Musalman, the Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party has nominated Govind Prasad Karakheti, the Mongol National Organization has nominated Kulbir Gharti Magar, the Nepal Communist Party (United) has nominated Raju Gaudel, the National Republic Nepal has nominated Mohan Thapa, and the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) has nominated Shankar Prasad Gyawali.

The Rastriya Janamukti Party has nominated Mojibali Musalman, the Ujyalo Nepal Party has nominated Saroj Singh Chaudhary, the Gandhian Party Nepal has nominated Lal Bahadur Rana, the Nagarik Unmukti Party, Nepal has nominated Nandakumari Thapa, and the Aam Janata Party has nominated Radheshyam Teligupta.

Independently, Anjana Chaudhary Thapa, Karam Husen Khan, Khyamananda Bhusal, Gopal Bhandari, Jeet Bahadur Gupta, Jumratidhuniya Musalman, Thakur Adhikari, Tejindra Malla, Deepak Bahadur Darji, Durgalal Sharma, Dhan Bahadur Basnet, Nawab Musalman, Mahendra Yadav, Mohammad Murtaza Sah, Bishnu Bahadur Rana, Sachin Rana, and Gyanprasad Bhurtel have registered their candidacies.

Constituency No. 3 has a total of 140,035 voters, comprising 71,258 males, 68,775 females, and two others. There are 46 polling stations and 157 voting centers here. Rupandehi has five constituencies for the House of Representatives.