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Nepali Congress candidate Sunil Thapa has been elected unopposed as a member of the National Assembly.

He was elected unopposed after no nominations were filed against him in the open category. 

With no contesting candidates, Thapa secured the seat automatically. 

The formal announcement of the result is scheduled for January 11.

Three parties have recommended their candidates from Lumbini in the National Assembly elections slated for January 25.

The Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Nepali Communist Party have finalized their candidates for the elections to be held for three seats in Lumbini.

The Nepali Congress has decided to field Basudev Jangli of Dang from disabled quota.

Similarly, the CPN-UML has nominated Ram Kumari Jhankri while the Nepali Communist Party has put forward Somnath Pandey as its candidate for the upper house elections. 

The CPN-UML has finalized its candidates for the National Assembly elections.

The UML has decided to field Roshni Meche, Prem Dangal, Samjhana Devkota, Ramkumari Jhankri, Mina Rakhal, Leela Bhandari and Som Portel as National Assembly candidates for the elections to be held on January 25.

Jhakri, who left the CPN (Unified Socialist) and joined the UML shortly before its 11^th General Convention, was elected as a central member at the convention.

A UML official said that any change in the agreement between the parties could lead to a revision of the candidate list.

The Nepali Congress, UML, and Nepali Communist Party have formally decided to forge an alliance in the National Assembly elections which will fill 18 seats.

The Congress and UML have also reached an agreement on the number of seats. They have divided seven seats each.

The Nepali Communist Party has been given three seats and the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal has been given one seat.

However, Pushpa Kamal Dahal of Nepali Communist Party has expressed his dissatisfaction with the number of seats.

The nomination of candidates for the election of National Assembly (NA) members is taking place from across the country today.

The Election Commission is holding an election to the NA members on January 25. 

A total of 18 posts of NA members are lying vacant currently. 

Earlier, a voter list for the NA election was published on January 3. 

As there was no objection filed on the voters' list, the final list of voters to the NA member election was published on Tuesday. 

The Election Commission informed that nomination filing takes place from 10 am to 3 pm today.