The internal evaluation of CPN-UML, the largest party in parliament, which is isolated from national politics due to the five-party ruling coalition, has shown that it will directly win 38 constituencies if there will be a five-party coalition in an election.
Earlier, Chair of UML, KP Sharma Oli announced that he would surprise everyone by winning 150 seats though if there will be a five-party alliance.
In the election of 2074, UML won directly in 80 seats. At that time, there was an electoral alliance between CPN UML and CPN-Maoist Center.
UML has predicted that local elections and national elections will be fought on different issues and the tussle in the division of seats within the alliance will benefit UML.
These are the 38 constituencies where UML has claimed victory :
Taplejung, Ilam 1 and Ilam 2, Dhankuta, Tehrathum, Udayapur 2, Sunsari 1 and Sunsari 3, Jhapa 1, Jhapa 2, Jhapa 4 and Jhapa 5, Kavrepalanchok 2. Similarly, Chitwan 1 and Chitwan 2, Kathmandu 2, Kathmandu 4, Kathmandu 5, and Kathmandu 9, Lamjung, Manang, Mustang, and Parbat are the places where UML has seen safe to itself.
UML claims that its candidates will also win in Baglung 1 and Baglung 2, Nawalparasi (East) 2, Kaski 2 and Kaski 3, Arghakhanchi, Pyuthan, Gulmi 1 and Gulmi 2, Palpa 1 and Palpa 2, Dang 2, Bajhang, Bajura and Darchula.
Sunsari 3 and Kathmandu 4 are also claimed by UML to win but it is that Constituencies where Bijay Kumar Gacchedaar and Gagan Thapa of Congress won respectively in the election of 2074.
Jhala Nath Khanal of Ilam 1 who won from UML, Bhawani Prasad Khapung who won from Tehrathum, and Som Prasad Pandey from Palpa 2 are now in CPN Unified Socialist Party.
Among the constituencies claimed by UML, Suresh Kiranti from Udaypur 2, Dev Gurung from Lamjung, Devendra Paudel from Baglung 2, Krishna Bahadur Mahara from Dang 2 were victorious from Maoist Centre in the 2074 election.
Similarly, Durga Paudel of Rashtriya JanaMorcha had won from Pyuthan.