The CPN-UML has finalised the names of 12 men and 22 women to be elected as proportional representation lawmakers.

A Secretariat meeting of the party held on Saturday forwarded the names to the Election Commission.

UML had to pick 19 women to be elected under the electoral category.

A total of 44 candidates including four women were elected House of Representatives members from the party under the first-past-the-post category.

Khas Arya cluster:

Rajhuji Panta

Eknath Dhakal

Dayal Bahadur Shahi (Backward area)

Menuka Kumari Pokharel

Sarita Bhusal

Shova Gyawali

Bijula Rayamajhi

Nirmala Koirala

Samjhana Thapaliya

Deepa Shama

Sunita Baral

Adibasi Janajati cluster:

Devi Prakash Bhattachan

Hemraj Rai

Kaluram Rai

Nainkala Thapa Magar

Surya Kumari Shrestha

Ishwori Gharti

Rana Kumari Balampaki Magar

Shanti Shrestha

Saraswati Subba

Tharu cluster:

Aasma Kumari Chaudhary

Shanti Chaudhary

Dalit cluster:

Ishwar Bahadur Rijal (BK)

Prabhu Hajara Dusadh

Chandra Bahadur Bishwakarma

Rukmini Rana Baraili

Harka Maya Bishwakarma

Madhesi cluster:

Ganga Prasad Yadav

Amrit Lal Rajbanshi

Bina Devi

Amrita Devi Agrahari

Prakitshya Tiwari Mukhiya

Muslim cluster:

Saraj Ahamad Faruki