NCP, regional ally sweep National Assembly polls

Kathmandu, January 24

The ruling Nepal Communist Party and its Madhesh-centric ally Rastriya Janata Party Nepal have swept the elections held to elect 18 members of the Upper House of the Federal Parliament.

The NCP won 16 positions whereas the RJPN won two in Province 2. Among the winners include NCP’s central spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha, who was defeated in the 2017 House of Representatives election in Gorkha-2.

Other parties could not win any seat as provincial lawmakers and chiefs and deputies of local governments constitute the electorate and there is a clear majority of the ruling party and/or its ally in all provinces.

Here is a list of the winners.

Province	Category	Winner	Party
1	Women	Indira Devi Gautam	NCP
	Dalit	Gopi Bahadur Sarki Achhami	NCP
	Other	Devendra Dahal	NCP
2	Women	Tulasa Kumari Dahal	NCP
	Dalit	Radheshyam Paswan	NCP
	People with disability/minority groups	Shekhar Kumar Singh	RJPN
	Other	Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav	RJPN
Bagmati	Women	Ganga Kumari Belbase	NCP
	Other	Bedu Ram Bhusal	NCP
Gandaki	Women	Bhagabati Neupane	NCP
	Other	Narayan Kaji Shrestha	NCP
5	Women	Bimala Ghimire	NCP
	People with disability/minority groups	Jaga Prasad Sharma	NCP NCP
	Other	Gopal Bhattarai	NCP
Karnali	Women	Sumitra BC	NCP
	Other	Maya Prasad Sharma	NCP
Sudurpaschim	Women	Sharada Devi Bhatta	NCP
	Other	Tara Man Swar	NCP