The Rastriya Swatantra Party has forwarded the names of 13 candidates to the Election Commission to be elected as lawmakers under the proportional representation electoral system.

A meeting of the party held on Saturday recommended the names of Santosh Pariyar and Shiva Nepali under the Dalit cluster and Dhaka Kumar Shrestha, Indira Magar and Sumana Shrestha from the Janajati cluster.

Likewise, Chanda Karki, Dol Prasad Aryal, Nisha Dangi and Binita Kadayat have been recommended as lawmakers from the Khas Arya cluster, while Laxmi Tiwari and Manish Jha have been picked from the Madhesi category.

The party recommended the names of Ashok Kumar Chaudhary and Ashim Sah from the Tharu and the Muslim clusters respectively.

The party had won seven seats from the first-past-the-post category and secured 13 seats under the proportional representational category. With 20 seats, the party will be the fourth-largest force in the new parliament.