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Kathmandu, January 26: The Nepali Congress has become the largest party in the upper house of the Federal Parliament. In the election held on Sunday (Magh 11) for 18 seats that will fall vacant in the National Assembly from Falgun 20, the Congress emerged as the largest party after nine of its candidates were elected. Having been the largest party in the dissolved House of Representatives, the Congress has now also become the largest party in the National Assembly.

Forming an alliance with the CPN–UML and the Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (LSP), the Congress succeeded in becoming the largest party in the upper house. Previously, the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) was the largest party.

Under the constitutional provision, three members of the 59-member National Assembly are nominated by the President, while the remaining 56 are elected through party representation. According to the results of Sunday’s election, the Congress has become the largest party in the National Assembly, with the NCP in second place and the UML in third. The Congress is now the first party with 25 seats, up from its previous total of 16.

The NCP is second with 18 seats, and the UML is third with 11 seats.

In Sunday’s election, nine candidates from the Congress, eight from the UML, and one from the LSP were elected. Those elected from the Congress are Sunil Bahadur Thapa, Dharmendra Paswan, Ranjit Karn, Gita Devi Devkota, Jagat Timilsina, Basudev Ghimire, Chandra Bahadur KC, Lalit Jung Shahi, and Khamba Bahadur Khati.

From the UML, Roshni Meche, Somnath Portel, Rekha Kumari Jha, Prem Prasad Dangal, Smarana Devkota, Ram Kumar Jhakri, Meena Singh Rakhan, and Lila Kumari Bhandari were elected.

Similarly, Mahanta Thakur was elected from the LSP.

People’s News Monitoring Service.