Twenty-five political parties have submitted their selected list of candidates under the Proportional Representation (PR) category to the Election Commission Friday.

The bigger parties rushed to the commission at the eleventh hour while many smaller parties had submitted their lists to the EC earlier.

The lists of the big political parties include 50 percent women representatives as per the provision in constitution.

In the April 10 election, 25 parties had won seats under PR category.

The NC list includes party president Girija Prasad Koirala, Purna Bahadur Khadka and student leader Gagan Thapa.

The UML has landed in internal dispute over the names of its candidates after it submitted its list, which includes Bhim Rawal, Chhabi Lal Biswakarma, among others.

The Maoist list includes Mohan Baidya, Dinanath Sharma, and Khim Lal Devkota, among others. The list also includes figures such as Indrajeet Rai, a conflict expert, and Surya Bahadur Sen Oli, a former bureaucrat and said to be close to monarchy in the past. The Maoists had won 100 seats under PR. Their selected candidates include 50 women.

Madhesi Janadhikar Forum’s list included former Rastra Bank governor Dr Tilak Rawal. Other smaller parties also submitted their lists within the deadline allocated by the commission.

The commission said it will scan the lists to ensure proportionate representation of all sections of the people.

The Maoists have bagged 100 seats under PR while NC, UML and MJF have won 73, 70 and 22 seats, respectively.

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has included Lokendra Bahadur Chand while Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) list includes the name of Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani. nepalnews.com ia May 02 08