Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
First general election
### First general election

In the mid of March, the party started talks with the [Nepali Congress](/wiki/Nepali_Congress "Nepali Congress") for a possible long term alliance between the two parties. Party chairman revealed this in a party meet in Janakpur on 22 March 2022\. The party formed a committee for bilateral talks with [Nepali Congress](/wiki/Nepali_Congress "Nepali Congress") consisting [Sharbendra Nath Shukla](/wiki/Sarbendra_Nath_Shukla "Sarbendra Nath Shukla") and [Laxman Lal Karna](/wiki/Laxman_Lal_Karna "Laxman Lal Karna") in which party senior leader [Sharat Singh Bhandari](/wiki/Sharat_Singh_Bhandari "Sharat Singh Bhandari") played vital role as mediator.

Bhandari had stood long for a *Loktantrik* alliance between democratic parties of Nepal. Both Loktantrik Samajwadi Party and [Nepali Congress](/wiki/Nepali_Congress "Nepali Congress") have some common ideologies including social democracy, democratic socialism. The party won 9 seats in [Madhesh province](/wiki/Madhesh_Province "Madhesh Province") while it won 3 seats in [Lumbini province](/wiki/Lumbini_Province "Lumbini Province"). However, in the general election it was limited to 4 seats only after being unable to cross 3% threshold due to wave of newly formed parties.


How many seats did Loktantrik Samajwadi Party win in Lumbini province?