Six candidates have registered nominations so far for the House of Representatives (HoR) by-election in Ilam constituency 2.
Janamat Party's Prem Kumar Thamsung ( Premdeep), Suhang Nembang, the common candidate of CPN (UML) and CPN (Maoist Centre), Shyam Darji of Nepal Workers and Peasants' Party, Dak Prasad Gautam (independent), Dakendra Singh Thegim on behalf of the Pahichanbadi (pro-identity group) and Jit Bahadur Rai of CPN (Unified Socialist) have registered nominations for the April 27 by-election.
It is said Milan Limbu from the Rastriya Swatantra Party, Nepali Congress, and other candidates are preparing to file the candidacies.