The Electoral Commission has published the final list of vice-presidential candidates.
The Election Official’s Office in New Baneshwar, Kathmandu, published the final list consisting of four candidates on Sunday. The vice president election is scheduled for March 17.
According to the final list, Ashta Laxmi Shakya of the CPN-UML, Pramila Kumari Yadav and Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav of the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) and Mamata Jha of the Janamat Party are the candidates for the elections.
JSP fielded two candidates after the Election Commission ordered on Friday not to register the nomination of male candidates for the post of vice president.
Shakya is from the indigenous community while the other three belong to the Madheshi community.
The Janamat party has already said it will not withdraw its candidacy.
Meanwhile, the ruling coalition is discussing the choice of a common vice-presidential candidate.
