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As the date for the Nepal elections is just a few per week away, persons are excited concerning the polls and their outcomes. Most of them have eyes on prime leaders of main political events and their presumably closest opponents.
In this regard, Onlinekhabar has introduced particulars concerning the chiefs of 10 political events and their potential closest rivals through the Nepal elections final 12 months.
1. KP Sharma Oli vs Khagendra Adhikari
![L-R: KP Sharma Oli and Khagendra Adhikari](https://english.onlinekhabar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/kp-oli-and-khagendra-adhikari-1-1024x576.png)
CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, the chief of the largest political occasion within the outgoing parliament, and Adhikari of the Nepali Congress are vying with one another for the second time within the federal Nepal elections (for the House of Representatives seat) from Jhapa 5. In 2017, Oli secured a landslide victory with 57,139 votes whereas Adhikari was restricted to twenty-eight, 297.
2. Sher Bahadur Deuba vs Karna Bahadur Malla
![L-R: Sher Bahadur Deuba and Karna Malla](https://english.onlinekhabar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sher-Bahadur-Deuba-and-Karna-Malla--1024x576.png)
Prime Minister Deuba, the Nepali Congress president, is contesting this time of Nepal elections along with his former cadre, Karna Bahadur Malla, within the sole constituency of Dadeldhura. Deuba has by no means misplaced the elections to this point whereas Malla additionally received the Provincial Assembly elections in 2017, however on behalf of Deuba’s Nepali Congress occasion.
Malla was expelled from the occasion in April this 12 months after he was discovered main the rebel towards the occasion’s official candidates for the native elections. Then, he joined the Nepali Congress (BP), a splinter of the grand outdated occasion.
Representing the identical occasion, Malla is contesting towards his former boss Deuba through the Nepal elections this time. The most important opposition occasion CPN-UML has assured him of its assist.
3. Pushpa Kamal Dahal vs Abdus Miya
![L-R: Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Abdus Miya](https://english.onlinekhabar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Pushpa-Kamal-Dahal-and-Abdus-Miya--1024x576.png)
CPN-Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal is contesting the Nepal elections from Gorkha 2 this time though he was elected from Chitwan 1 final time. The 66-year-old Dahal is vying towards 29-year-old candidate Abdus Salam Miya of the CPN-UML. Dahal and Miya each are new candidates for Gorkha 2. Previously, Baburam Bhattarai used to contest from Gorkha 2 and received the election. This time, Bhattarai has prolonged his assist to Dahal.
4. Madhav Kumar Nepal vs Ajay Kumar Gupta
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CPN-Unified Socialist Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal might be vying towards Ajay Kumar Gupta of the CPN-UML to win the House of Representatives seat in Rautahat 1. While Nepal contested the Nepal elections in 2017 from the capital, he has returned to his house district this time as his newly established occasion is stronger in Rautahat than in Kathmandu.
5. Upendra Yadav vs CK Raut
![L-R: Upendra Yadav and CK Raut](https://english.onlinekhabar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Upendra-Yadav-and-CK-Raut--1024x576.png)
For the upcoming Nepal elections, Yadav has fashioned a coalition with the CPN-UML in Saptari 2. In 2017, Yadav received the election from the identical constituency by receiving 21,620 votes, defeating Umesh Yadav of the Maoist Centre, who secured 11,780 votes. At that point, Yadav’s Federal Socialist Forum and Rastriya Janata Party had an alliance. But, this time, each events are working towards one another. Besides, he’s challenged by Raut, who’s making an attempt to ascertain his stronghold within the area after leaving the secessionist agenda.
6. Mahantha Thakur vs Hari Narayan Yadav
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Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Chairman Mahantha Thakur will presumably have Hari Narayan Yadav of Janata Samajbadi Party as his nearest contender. Both of them might be contesting from Mahottari 3. In 2017 additionally, Thakur contested from Mahottari 3 and defeated his closest contender Bijaya Chaudhary of the CPN-UML by a margin of 18,328 votes. In this election, Thakur is getting assist from the Nepali Congress.
7. Rajendra Lingden vs Krishna Sitaula
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Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chairman Lingden and Sitaula of the Nepali Congress are additionally contesting with one another for the second time, in Jhapa 3. In 2017, Lingden fashioned a coalition with the CPN-UML and defeated Sitaula by round 13,000 votes. This time additionally, the CPN-UML is supporting Lingden, however the Maoist Centre, which was on the UML aspect final time, is supporting Sitaula.
8. Rabi Lamichhane vs Krishna Bhakta Pokharel
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Journalist-turned-politician Rabi Lamichhane, the chief of Rastriya Swatantra Party, is contesting the Nepal elections from Chitwan 2 towards outgoing lawmaker Krishna Bhakta Pokharel of the CPN-UML. Lamichhane is contesting the elections for the primary time whereas Pokharel is the winner of the previous two elections from the identical constituency.
9. Kamal Thapa vs Maha Laxmi Updhayaya
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Rastriya Prajatantra Part-Nepal Chairman Kamal Thapa is contesting the Nepal elections from Makawanpur 1, utilizing the CPN-UML’s nomination. Thapa was defeated in the identical constituency in 2017 though he was supported by the Nepali Congress. Krishna Prasad Dahal of the CPN-UML secured 40,361 votes to defeat him. But, this time, he’s preventing towards the Nepali Congress with UML assist.
10. Chitra Bahadur KC vs Surya Prasad Pathak
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Chitra Bahadur KC, the chairman of Rastriya Janamorcha, is contesting towards Surya Prasad Pathak of the CPN-UML from Baglung 1. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections, KC was elected from Baglung 2. KC was assist from the ruling alliance to battle towards Pathak, who was elected from the identical constituency in 2017.