Majority of Newly Elected Members Emerge Victorious in Nepal's First-Past-the-Post Parliamentary Polls

A significant number of new faces have been elected under the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) electoral system in the House of Representatives elections held under the country's specific circumstances.

According to the vote count results for the FPTP system completed on Monday, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which has gained the capacity to form a government, has elected 125 members. In the previous parliament, this party had 21 members, of whom 12 have been re-elected, while 113 of this term's elected members are new.

Out of the 165 constituencies under FPTP, RSP won 125 seats, Nepali Congress secured 18, CPN (UML) won nine, CPN won eight, Shram Sanskriti Party secured three, and Rastriya Prajatantra Party won one seat. An independent candidate was elected in one constituency.

Among the newly elected members from RSP, Nisha Dangi was elected from Jhapa Constituency No. 1, Indira Rana Magar from Constituency No. 2, Prakash Pathak from Constituency No. 3, Shambhuprasad Dhakal from Constituency No. 4, and Balen Shah from Constituency No. 5.

The Election Commission stated that Yagyamanj Neupane was elected from Morang Constituency No. 1, Krishnakumar Karki from Constituency No. 2, Ganesh Karki from Constituency No. 3, Santosh Rajbanshi from Constituency No. 4, Asha Jha from Constituency No. 5, and Rubina Acharya from Constituency No. 6.

Lalbikram Thapa was elected from Sunsari Constituency No. 2, Ashokkumar Chaudhary from Constituency No. 3, Deepakkumar Sah from Constituency No. 4, Bishwaraj Pokhrel from Okhaldhunga Constituency No. 1, Parashmani Gelal from Udayapur Constituency No. 1, and Suryabahadur Tamang from Constituency No. 2.

Pushpakumari Chaudhary was elected from Saptari Constituency No. 1, Ramji Yadav from Constituency No. 2, Amarkant Chaudhary from Constituency No. 3, and Sitaram Sah from Constituency No. 4. From Siraha, Bablu Gupta was elected from Constituency No. 1, Shivshankar Yadav from Constituency No. 2, Shambhu Kumar Yadav from Constituency No. 3, and Tapeshwar Yadav from Constituency No. 4.

Ram Binod Yadav was elected from Dhanusha Constituency No. 2, Manish Jha from Constituency No. 3, and Rajkishor Mahato from Constituency No. 4. From Mahottari, Pramodkumar Mahato won Constituency No. 1, Deepkumar Sah won Constituency No. 2, Ujjwalkumar Jha won Constituency No. 3, and Gaurikumari was elected from Constituency No. 4.

In Sarlahi, Nitima Bhandari (Karki) won Constituency No. 1, Rabin Mahato won Constituency No. 2, Narendr Sah Kalwar won Constituency No. 3, and Amreshkumar Singh won Constituency No. 4. From Rautahat, Rajeshkumar Chaudhary won Constituency No. 1, Rabindra Patel won Constituency No. 3, and Ganesh Poudel won Constituency No. 4.  

From the same party, Ganesh Dhimal was elected from Bara Constituency No. 1, Chandankumar Singh from Constituency No. 2, Arbind Sah from Constituency No. 3, and Rahbar Ansari from Constituency No. 4. In Parsa, Buddhiprasad Pant won Constituency No. 1, Sushilkumar Kanu won Constituency No. 2, Ramakantprasad Chaurasiya won Constituency No. 3, and Tekbahadur Shakya won Constituency No. 4.  

Jagdish Kharel was elected from Dolakha Constituency No. 1, Krishnahari Budhathoki from Ramechhap Constituency No. 1, Dhanendra Karki from Sindhuli Constituency No. 1, and Ashish Gajurel from Constituency No. 2. From Dhading, Ashika Tamang won Constituency No. 1, and Bodhnarayan Shrestha won Constituency No. 2. In Nuwakot, Bikram Timilsina won Constituency No. 1, and Achyutam Lamichhane won Constituency No. 2.  

From RSP, Ranjun Nyaupane was elected from Kathmandu Constituency No. 1, Sunil KC from Constituency No. 2, Rajunath Pandey from Constituency No. 3, Pukar Bam from Constituency No. 4, Sasmita Pokharel from Constituency No. 5, Shishir Khanal from Constituency No. 6, Ganesh Parajuli from Constituency No. 7, Birajbhakta Shrestha from Constituency No. 8, Dolprasad Aryal from Constituency No. 9, and Pradip Bista from Constituency No. 10. From Bhaktapur, Rukes Ranjit won Constituency No. 1, and Rajiv Khatri won Constituency No. 2. In Lalitpur, Buddharatna Maharjan won Constituency No. 1, Jagdish Kharel won Constituency No. 2, and Tosima Karki won Constituency No. 3.  

Madhukumar Chaulagai was elected from Kavrepalanchok Constituency No. 1, and Badan Kumar Bhandari from Constituency No. 2. Bharatprasad Parajuli won from Sindhupalchok Constituency No. 1. From Makwanpur, Prakash Gautam won Constituency No. 1, and Prashant Upreti won Constituency No. 2. In Chitwan, Hari Dhakal won Constituency No. 1, Rabi Lamichhane won Constituency No. 2, and Sobita Gautam was elected from Constituency No. 3.  

In Gorkha, Sudan Gurung won Constituency No. 1, and Kabindra Burlakoti won Constituency No. 2. Dharmaraj KC won from Lamjung Constituency No. 1. In Kaski, Khadakraj Poudel won Constituency No. 1, Uttamprasad Poudel won Constituency No. 2, and Bina Gurung won Constituency No. 3. In Tanahun, Swarnim Wagle won Constituency No. 1, and Shriram Neupane won Constituency No. 2.  

From the same party, Dhananjay Regmi won Syangja Constituency No. 1, and Jhabilal Dumre won Constituency No. 2. In Nawalparasi (East), Rajan Gautam won Constituency No. 1, and Manish Khanal won Constituency No. 2. Sushil Khadka won Baglung Constituency No. 1, and Som Sharma won Constituency No. 2. Sagar Bhusal was elected from Parbat Constituency No. 1.  

In Gulmi, Sagar Dhakal won Constituency No. 1, and Govinda Panthi won Constituency No. 2. Madhav Bahadur Thapa won Palpa Constituency No. 2. Hari Prasad Bhusal won Arghakhanchi Constituency No. 1. In Rupandehi, Sunil Lamsal won Constituency No. 1, Sulabh Kharel won Constituency No. 2, Dr. Lekhjang Thapa won Constituency No. 3, Kanhaiya Baniya won Constituency No. 4, and Taufik Ahmed Khan won Constituency No. 5.  

Mohanlal Acharya was elected from Kapilvastu Constituency No. 1, and Bikram Thapa from Constituency No. 2. Sushant Baidik won Pyuthan Constituency No. 1. In Dang, Devraj Pathak won Constituency No. 1, Bipin Kumar Acharya won Constituency No. 2, and Kamal Subedi won Constituency No. 3. In Banke, Kamal Subedi won Constituency No. 1, and Khagendra Sunar won Constituency No. 3. In Bardiya, Thakur Singh Tharu won Constituency No. 1, and Shridhar Pokhrel won Constituency No. 2. In Nawalparasi (West), Bikram Khanal won Constituency No. 1, and Narendrakumar Gupta won Constituency No. 2, the Commission stated.  

In Surkhet Constituency No. 2, Ramesh Kumar Sapkotta was elected. In Sudurpashchim Province, Komal Gyawali won Kailali Constituency No. 1, KP Khanal won Constituency No. 2, Jagat Prasad Joshi won Constituency No. 3, Khemraj Koirala won Constituency No. 4, and Anand Bahadur Chand won Constituency No. 5. Hari Mohan Bhandari was elected from Baitadi Constituency No. 1, Tara Prasad Joshi from Dadeldhura Constituency No. 1. In Kanchanpur, Janaksingh Dhami won Constituency No. 1, Deepakraj Bohara won Constituency No. 2, and Gyanendrasingh Mehta won Constituency No. 3.  

Among the 18 elected from Nepali Congress under FPTP, all except four are new faces. From the party, Narendrakumar Kerung was elected from Panchthar Constituency No. 1, Nishkal Rai from Ilam Constituency No. 1, Santosh Subba from Tehrathum Constituency No. 1, Prakash Singh Karki from Solukhumbu Constituency No. 1, Firdos Alam from Rautahat Constituency No. 2, Mohan Acharya from Rasuwa Constituency No. 1, Tek Bahadur Gurung from Manang Constituency No. 1, and Yogesh Gauchan Thakali from Mustang Constituency No. 1 were elected.  

Similarly, Sandeep Rana won Palpa Constituency No. 1, Abhishekpratap Shah won Kapilvastu Constituency No. 3, Khadga Shahi won Mugu Constituency No. 1, Jayapati Rokaya won Humla Constituency No. 1, Khadak Bahadur Buda won Jajarkot Constituency No. 1, Basana Thapa won Dailekh Constituency No. 1, Bishnu Bahadur Khadka won Surkhet Constituency No. 1, Janakraj Giri won Bajura Constituency No. 1, Bharatkumar Swar won Achham Constituency No. 1, and Bharatbahadur Khadka won Doti Constituency No. 1.  

Among the nine winners from CPN (UML), three are new faces. The directly elected members from the party include Kshitij Thebe from Taplejung Constituency No. 1, Suhang Nemwang from Ilam Constituency No. 2, Arjun Kumar Karki from Sankhuwasabha Constituency No. 1, Rajendrakumar Rai from Dhankuta Constituency No. 1, Mohammad Ishtiyak Rai from Banke Constituency No. 2, Lakshmiprasad Pokharel from Dailekh Constituency No. 2, Yagyabahadur Bogati from Achham Constituency No. 2, Ainbahadur Mahar from Bajhang Constituency No. 1, and Ganesh Singh Thagunna from Darchula Constituency No. 1, the Commission stated.  

Among the eight elected from CPN, three are new faces in the Federal Parliament. From the party, Matrika Prasad Yadav was elected from Dhanusha Constituency No. 1, Yuvraj Dulal from Sindhupalchok Constituency No. 2, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ from Rukum (East) Constituency No. 1, Barshaman Pun from Rolpa Constituency No. 1, Ramesh Kumar Malla from Salyan Constituency No. 1, Dhan Bahadur Buda from Dolpa Constituency No. 1, Mahendra Bahadur Shahi from Kalikot Constituency No. 1, and Gopal Sharma was elected from Rukum (West) Constituency No. 1.  

All three winners from Shram Sanskriti Party, which emerged in this election, are new faces. From the party, Dhurbaraj Rai won Bhojpur Constituency No. 1, Harkaraj Rai won Sunsari Constituency No. 1, and Aren Rai won Khotang Constituency No. 1. Gyanbahadur Shahi from Rastriya Prajatantra Party is a returning MP from Jumla Constituency No. 1.  

Independent candidate Mahabir Pun was elected as a new face from Myagdi Constituency No. 1.  

Proportional Representation Vote Count Nearing Completion

The vote counting for the Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system of the election held on Falgun 21 is reaching its final stage. As of 2 PM today, 10.5 million votes have been counted. According to Kul Bahadur KC, Assistant Spokesperson for the Election Commission, the PR vote counting is expected to conclude by this evening.

According to the ongoing count, six political parties have crossed the three percent threshold of the total votes counted so far. Fifty-seven political parties competed for 110 seats under the PR system.