Kathmandu. There are 857 candidates for 162 posts in Kathmandu Metropolitan City including the Chief Deputy Chief. Candidates have been registered during the nomination registration held on April 28 and 29 under the program of local level member election 2079 BS. There are 56 candidates for the post of chief and 31 candidates for the post of deputy chief.
Out of the 56 leading candidates, 21 have filed nomination papers on behalf of the party and the remaining 35 have registered as independent candidates. Out of 56, 8 are women. Out of 33 candidates for the post of deputy chief, 14 have filed nomination papers on behalf of the party and 19 as independent candidates. Out of 31 deputy chief candidates, 13 are women.
According to Prem Kumar Shrestha, the branch office of the Chief Election Office, Kathmandu, there are 221 candidates for the post of chairperson of 32 wards of Kathmandu metropolis. Similarly, 310 candidates have registered for 64 ward member posts, 145 for 32 women member posts, and 90 for 32 Dalit women member posts.
The nomination registration program was held for two days on April 28 and 29 under the program of local level election 2079 BS. On the first day, 16 candidates had filed nominations for the post of chief and 17 for the post of deputy chief. There are 146 candidates for the top post in six metros across the country. There are 56 candidates in Kathmandu, 30 in Bharatpur, 24 in Pokhara, 13 in Lalitpur, 12 in Birgunj, and 11 in Biratnagar.
According to the Election Commission, there are 31 candidates for the post of Deputy Chief in Kathmandu, 13 in Bharatpur, 9-9 in Pokhara and Biratnagar, and 3 in Lalitpur. No candidate was fielded for the post of deputy chief in Birgunj metropolis. The ruling coalition has fielded Sirjana Singh of the Nepali Congress and Rameshwar Shrestha of the CPN-Unified Socialist Party for the post of deputy mayor. Similarly, UML has fielded Keshav as its chief and Sunita Dangol as its deputy chief. RPP has fielded Madandas Shrestha as the chief and Vinita Magaiya as the deputy chief, Samiksha Baskota as the chief from Vibekshil Saja Party, and Kirti (Kansakar) Tuladhar as the deputy chief.
Similarly, 35 candidates including Suman Sayami and Balen Shah have given independent candidature.
List of Leading Candidates (Alphabetical)
1) Amot Maharjan is independent
2) Anandaraj Joshi National Realist Party Nepal
3) Indramani Kapali Independent
4) Umesh Kumar Singh Independent
5) Kazi Lal Shrestha Communist Party of Nepal Socialist
6) Kanti Tuladhar (Bajracharya) Independent
7) Kiran Ranjit Independent
8) Keshav established Communist Party of Nepal (UML)
9) Jetha Maharjan is independent
10) Gyanu Lama Tamang is Independent
11) Dilliram Rajbhandari Sachet Nepali Party
12) Danindra Joshi Democratic Socialist Party Nepal
13) Deepak Silbal Independent
14) Nimkant Pandey Independent
15) Nischal Joshi Nepali Janata Dal
16) Nhuj Manandhar Independent
17) Piyaratna Maharjan Nepal Parivar Dal
18) Pranesh Bahadur Malla Independent
19) Premsagar Karmacharya Unnat Loktantra Party
20) Bachpan Raj Shrestha Independent
21) Independent with Baburaja
22) Bhaktaraj Bhushal Nepali Congress (VP)
23) Madandas Shrestha Rashtriya Prajatantra Party
24) Madhusudan Khadka (KC) Independent
25) Manish Shrestha is independent
26) Manoj Raj Acharya Original Jarokilo Party
27) Mahendra Prajapati Independent
28) Ranjitman Shakya Independent
29) Ravikant Manandhar Independent
30) Rajan Karki Independent
31) Rajendra Basnet independent
32) Ram Bahadur Khadka Nepal Inclusive Party
33) Rahul Manandhar Independent
34) Rupa Suwal Amul Parivartan Masiha Party, Nepal
35) Roshan Shahi Independent
36. Balendra Shah Independent
37) Vijay Prakash Saiju Nepa: National Party Independent
38) Vijay Manandhar Independent
39) Vinay established independent
40) Vipin Raj Vaidya Independent
41) Shailendra Man Shrestha Independent
42) Sandesh Shakya is Independent
43) Review Bascotta Discretionary Common Party
44) Sarita Ghimire Nepal Janata Party
45) Narendra Bajracharya is independent
46) Shrijana Shrestha Nepali Congress
47) Sita Tamang Mongol National Organization
48) Sunil Shrestha Independent
49) Suman Sayami Independent
50) Suraj Shrestha Federal Democratic National Forum
51) Surendra Maharjan Nepal Mazdoor Kisan Party
52) Suresharatna Bajracharya Modern Nepal Socialist Party
53) Shushil Thapa Chhetri Independent
54) Surya Thapa (Shrestha) Independent
55) Shailesh Dhungana is Independent
56) Sweet Thapa Independent
List of candidates for the post of Deputy Chief (Alphabetical)
1) Amber Bahadur Khatri is independent
2) Ashish Chandra Tuladhar Independent
3) Ashish Maharjan Independent
4) Indira Adhikari Thapa Nepali Congress (VP)
5) Uday Khadgi Democratic Socialist Party Nepal
6) Uma Gurung is independent
7) Kalpana Ojha Original Jarokilo Party
8) Krishna Tandukar is independent
9) Kirti Kansakar Vibekshil Saja Party
10) Guna Bahadur Banjara Chhetri Adhunik Nepal Samajwadi Party
11) Jugal Tandukar is independent
12) Narendraman Dangol independent
13) Pushpa Kharel Nepal Good Governance Party
14) Bandana Bajracharya Nepali Janata Dal
15) Vinita Magaiya Rashtriya Prajatantra Party
16) Mohan Krishna Shrestha Independent
17) Ranjan Dangol Independent
18) Ramesh Prasad Joshi Independent
19) Ravi Napit Independent
20) Rajendra Khadgi is independent
21) Rajesh Shahi Independent
22) Rameshwar Shrestha Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
23) Rinku Shrestha Independent
24) Vidya Shrestha (Maharjan) Independent
25) World Victory Best Independent
26) Benji Singh Maharjan Independent
27) Sangeeta Acharya Sachet Nepali Party
28) Savita Shrestha Nepal Mazdoor Kisan Party
29) Sahem Khadgi Independent
30) Sanu Maharjan Independent
31) Sunita Dangol Communist Party of Nepal UML
32) Sharda Devi Magar Democratic Socialist Party
33) Panita Thapa Magar Advanced Democracy Party
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