By Our Reporter Ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is likely to make clean sweep in the upcoming National Assembly elections slated for January 23. Nineteen of the 59 seats of the Upper House will fall vacant on March 3, and elections are being held to elect 18 members and one will be nominated by the President. As NCP enjoys majority in six of the seven State Assemblies and had won more posts of chairs and deputy chairs in local levels, it is likely to make a clean sweep in the polls. Even in State 2, where the NCP lacks majority, it has forged alliance with Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, and it is likely to share two seats with RJPN. But Nepali Congress has also forged alliance with Samajwadi Party Nepal, and making any prediction of the election results in State 2 has become difficult as the NCP alliance has 184 votes against 182 of the NC alliance with three independent voters in the State. But in other six states NCP is almost sure to win all seats. However, Bam Dev Gautam rejected to become a candidate for the NA elections, as there is no provision to elect Prime Minister from the NA, because he is ambitious to become PM. But leaders Narayan Kaji Shrestha and Beduram Bhusal are candidates,and Shrestha will probably become Finance Minister as the term of Yuba Raj Khatiwada is expiring on March 3. Of the 19 seats, one shall be appointed by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and the rest shall be elected on the basis of majority by an electoral college consisting of provincial assembly members and chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of the local levels. A total of 45 candidates have registered their nominations for the election on Sunday. Of them, nine candidates were from Nepal Communist Party (NCP), seven from Nepali Congress, two from Rastriya Janata Party and one from Socialist Party Nepal.