The CPN (Maoist Centre) has decided to elect the Parliamentary Party leader only after the House of Representatives (HoR) members elected under the proportional representation (PR) system on behalf of the party receive certificates of the election. The Election Commission (EC) is scheduled to present certificates to the candidates elected under the PR system on December 18. Chief secretary at the Office of the CPN (Maoist Centre), Shreeram Dhakal said that there is no dispute on choosing the Parliamentary Party leader like other parties.

He said that existing parliamentary leader and party Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is highly likely to get elected to the post unanimously.   The party has no differing views in regard with electing the leader unanimously.

The party has won 18 seats under the first-past-the-post system and 14 towards the PR in the HoR during November 20 elections.