The three main political parties have fielded many new faces in the upcoming elections. They have handed tickets to new candidates even as the number of federal constituencies has shrunk to 165 from 240 in the two Constituent Assembly (CA) elections.
Setopati has prepared a list of new faces fielded in the parliamentary elections by the three big parties. Nepali Congress (NC) has trusted fresh faces in 27 of the 165 constituencies while CPN-UML has opted for new ones in 22 and CPN-Maoist Center 14.
The chances of these fresh faces getting elected, however, look slim with the parties mostly fielding them in areas where other parties are stronger.
The new faces have got chance also because many leaders, who were lawmakers in the past, are contesting for provincial assembly this time. The majority of influential leaders have looked for safer constituencies which means new faces cannot be seen in the areas where parties have traditionally been strong.
27 new faces in NC
- Ilam-1: Bhupendra Kattel
- Jhapa-4: Deu Kumar Thebe
- Jhapa-5: Khagendra Adhikari
- Morang-3: Sunil Kumar Sharma
- Saptari-1: Ram Dev Sah
- Siraha-3: Akar Regmi
- Mahottari-3: Bajrang Nepali
- Rautahat-4: Dev Prasad Timalsina
- Sindhuli-1: Prem Chandra Dahal
- Sindhuli-2: Narendra Jung Thapa
- Nawalparasi-2: Bishnu Kumar Karki
- Kaski-2: Dev Raj Chalise
- Palpa-1: Bijay Raj Ghimire
- Rupandehi-2: Yuvaraj Giri
- Rupandehi-4: Pramod Kumar Yadav
- Pyuthan-1: Govinda Raj Pokharel
- Banke-1: Madhav Raj Khatri
- Achham-1: Bharat Kumar Swar
- Achham-2: Pushpa Bahadur Shah
- Humla: Mangal Bahadur Shahi
- Bhojpur: Umesh Jung Rayamajhi
- Dolakha: Rudra Bahadur Khadka
- Jumla: Devendra Bahadur Shahi
- Darchula: Bikram Singh Dhami
- Rasuwa: Mohan Acharya
- Bajura: Kavi Raj Pandit
- Eastern Rukum: Hari Shankar Ghartimagar
22 new faces of UML
- Sunsari-1: Jay Kumar Rai
- Sunsari-4: Ramesh Shrestha
- Bara-1: Achyut Mainali
- Bara-3: Adhyananda Pandey
- Lalitpur-1: Nava Raj Silwal
- Kathmandu-3: Krishna Rai
- Tanahu-2: Kedar Sigdel
- Parbat: Padam Giri
- Dang-1: Met Mani Chaudhary
- Dang-3: Hira Chandra KC
- Surkhet-1: Dhruva Kumar Shahi
- Kailali-2: Jhapat Rawal
- Kanchanpur-3: Deepak Prakash Bhatta
- Dhading-1: Bhumi Tripathi
- Dhading-2: Khel Lohani
- Baglung-1: Surya Pathak
- Myagdi: Bhupendra Thapa
- Mugu: Gopal Bam
- Bajhang: Bhairav Bahadur Sen
- Bajura: Lal B Thapa
- Sarlahi-1: Dhruva Gautam
- Kaski-2: Jagat Bishwokarma
14 new faces of Maoist Center
- Sunsari-2: Dambar Subedi
- Udayapur-2: Suresh Kumar Rai
- Mahottari-4: Raji Haidar
- Kavre-1: Ganga Bahadur Tamang
- Bhaktapur-1: Milan Suwal
- Kathmandu-1: Anil Sharma
- Nawalpur-1: Bhavishwar Parajuli
- Parasi-2: Ghanshyam Yadav
- Bhojpur: Sudan Kiranti
- Solukhumbu: Hem Kumar Rai
- Gorkha-1: Hari Raj Adhikari
- Humla: Chini Lama
- Jumla: Gajendra Mahat
- Kalikot: Durga Bahadur Rawat
