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Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian has threatened to intensify attacks on American targets across the Middle East as the US and Israel continue their air campaign. He said Iran would respond strongly to any pressure or aggression, according to AP.

Pezeshkian stated that Iran would not “bow to bullying or oppression” and warned that attacks would increase if pressure from the United States and Israel continues, AP wrote. His remarks came in video comments released on Sunday.

He also said Iran is not seeking conflict with neighboring Arab states, many of which host US military bases. However, recent Iranian strikes have targeted facilities across the region, including energy sites, hotels, and cities.

Prakash Gautam of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has been elected a member of the House of Representatives from Makawanpur 1. He received 36,033 votes. 

Gautam's closest contender Maha Laxmi Upadhyay (Dina) of the Nepali Congress got 14,038 votes. 

Similarly, CPN-UML’s  Rameshwor Rana secured 12,783 votes, Bijay Gautam of the Nepali Communist Party 10,788 votes, Dipak Bahadur Singh of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Nepal, 4,574 votes and Surendra Lama of Ujyaalo Nepal Party 10,205 votes. 

Rambinod Yadav of RSP has won in Dhanusha Constituency No. 2. He won by securing 41,637 votes.

He defeated Dinesh Prasad Yadav of the Nepali Congress by a margin of over 31,000 votes.

Yadav secured 10,198 votes. Similarly, Umashankar Aragaria of the CPN-UML secured 10,153 votes and Ramchandra Jha of the CPN-UML secured 8,403 votes. With this, the results of the three constituencies in Dhanusha district have come in. The results of all the constituencies except Constituency No. 1 have come in.

Nepali Congress candidate Prakash Singh Karki has been elected to the House of Representatives from Solukhumbu.

According to the final results of the vote counting, Karki received 13,166 votes while his competitor, Asim Rai of the Nepali Communist Party (NCP), got 9,414 votes.

The election office stated that CPN-UML candidate Kalpana Rai secured 8,228 votes, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Rishidhan Rai obtained 3,642 votes, and Labor Culture Party's BS Rai got 3,363 votes.

 Out of a total of 85,515 voters, 41,401 votes were cast in the House of Representatives elections in Solukhumbu held on March 5.

Rabindra Patel of the RSP has won in Rautahat constituency number 3. He won with a double margin of 27,318 votes.

Govinda Chaudhary of the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) secured the second position with 12,954 votes. While Patel won with a huge margin of 15,364 votes, AJP President and former minister Prabhu Sah, who has won the elections for five consecutive terms, came third with 9,890 votes. UML's Kundan Kushwaha came fourth with 6,695 votes.

In this constituency, Congress candidate Ramkripal Yadav secured 6,530 votes while Nepali Communist Party's Poonam Yadav secured 3,881 votes.

Jhabi Lal Dumre, the candidate of RSP has won from the House of Representatives Constituency No. 2 in Syangja with 25,354 votes.

Dumre defeated Nepali Congress candidate Bhagwat Prakash Malla with 20,830 votes.

Similarly, Khim Bahadur Thapa of the CPN-UML received 14,108 votes, while Padak Bahadur BK of the Nepali Communist Party received 848 votes.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won the election in 104 constituencies so far in ongoing vote counting for the elections to the House of Representatives.

As per the results till 10:50 am today, RSP candidates are leading in 21 constituencies. 

According to the Election Commission, out of the results of 132 constituencies published so far, the Nepali Congress got victory in 14 constituencies as well as maintained a lead in three constituencies. 

Similarly, the CPN-UML has won seven seats in HoR elections as well as leading vote counting in three constituencies. 

According to the EC, four candidates of the Nepali Communist Party have won the elections so far as well as maintained a lead in three constituencies so far. 

Likewise, a candidate of Shram Sanskriti Party has won the elections while two candidates have maintained a lead in two places. 

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party and an independent candidate have won in one constituency each. 

Towards proportional election, 27,61,421 votes have been counted so far. 

The RSP has received 13,88,421 votes while NC got 471,355 votes, CPN-UML 380,932 votes and Nepali Communist Party 182,834 votes so far.

Harkaraj Rai, chairperson of the Shram Sanskriti Party, has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Sunsari Constituency No. 1. He defeated Goma Tamang, candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSWP), by securing 35,741 votes.

According to the final election results, Tamang of the RSP received 27,249 votes. Rai defeated Tamang by a margin of 8,492 votes. Rai had entered the election fray for the House of Representatives this time after resigning from the post of mayor of Dharan Sub-metropolitan City.

Entering national politics from the local level, he has set his parliamentary journey for the first time. As soon as the election results were made public, his supporters celebrated victory in Dharan. Rai said that his victory was the result of the people's desire for change and trust.