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Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Rajib Khatry has won the House of Representatives (HoR) elections-2026 from Bhaktapur-2. 

He achieved a landslide victory with 42,334 votes while his nearest competitor Mahesh Basnet of CPN-UML got 11,096, according to the District Election Office, Bhaktapur's information officer Bhim BC. 

Out of 98,356 voters, 72,761 votes were cast.

Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)'s candidate Sushil Kumar Kanu has been elected member of the House of Representatives (HoR) from Parsa 2.

Kanu won the election by securing 30,740 votes, according to Madhusudan Acharya, Chief Returning Officer. He defeated Nepali Congress's Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya who got 11,890 votes.

Likewise, Rima Kumar Yadav of the CPN-UML followed with 11,605 votes.

Other contenders Ashok Kumar Agrawal of the Janata Samajwadi Party collected 2,642 votes and Bina Jaiswal of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party received 1,999 votes. 

Altogether 31 candidates were in the electoral fray including 17 from political parties and 14 independent ones. 

Out of 95,120 voters of this constituency, 65,878 votes were cast under the First-Past-The-Post (direct) system. 

Of the total votes cast in the March 5 voting, 4,568 votes were invalid. 

Bharat Bahadur Khadka of the Nepali Congress (NC) has won the House of Representatives (HoR) election from Doti district, with only one constituency. 

Khadka secured 14,897 votes, according to Padamraj Pandey, Chief Returning Officer of the district. 

His nearest rival Deepak Bahadur Dhami of the CPN-UML received 14,110 votes followed by Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Narendra Khadka who got 13,270 votes. 

Likewise, another contender Trilochan Bhatta of the Nepali Communist Party obtained 5,413 votes.

The Rastriya  Swatantra Party (RSP) has won two more constituencies: Rupandehi-2 and Baglung-2 in the House of Representatives (HoR) elections-2026. 

Party candidate Sulabh Kharel emerged victorious from Rupandehi-2 with 56,550 votes, leaving behind his nearest competitor Bishnu Prasad Paudel of CPN-UML with a mammoth margin. Paudel obtained only 12,861. 

Similarly, Chunnu Prasad Puadel of the Nepali Congress garnered 9,392, securing the third position. 

In Baglung-2, RSP candidate Som Sharma won by securing 12,647 votes against his nearest contender Tek Raj Paudel of Nepali Congress who secured 11, 868. Likewise, Gyamnath Gaire of Nepali Communist Party (NCP) secured 10,709 votes followed by Manju Chalise of CPN-UML  with 7,864 votes.

A complaint has been filed in Dolpa district demanding cancellation of the election. Ballot papers with half-cuts were reportedly found during counting in Wards 4 and 5 of Kaike Rural Municipality.

The complaint was jointly filed by CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party, and independent candidates. They accused election staff of serious misconduct and warned they may seek legal action in the High Court if ignored.

The Chief Electoral Officer, Chandradev Bharti, said such half-cut ballots are handled according to official procedures. The dispute will be addressed through an all-party meeting, following the Election Commission’s guidelines for House of Representatives elections.

Buddha Ratna Maharjan, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate for the House of Representatives (HoR) elections from Lalitpur-1, has emerged victorious with 23,373 votes.

According to Election Officer Isha Subedi, the RSP candidate won the election against his nearest competitor Uday Shumsher Rana by 9,853 votes. 

Rana finished the competition with 13,520. 

Likewise, Chetnath Sanjel, the candidate of Nepali Communist Party (NCP), obtained 6,546 votes.

Out of 77,737 voters here, a total of 52,632 votes were cast. Among them, 2049 were declared invalid. 

A total of 28 candidates including independents were in the race for the HoR polls from Lalitpur-1.

In Jhapa Constituency No. 2, Indira Rana Magar of the RSP is leading with 30,035 votes, making her victory almost certain.

Whereas, Devraj Ghimire of the UML, trails with 5,514 votes. Keshav Kumar Bhandari of the Shram Sanskriti Party is third with 3,750 votes, followed by Sarita Prasai of the Nepali Congress with 2,668 votes.

Other candidates include Dharmashila Chapagain of the NCP with 612 votes and Swagat Nepal of the RPP with 1,782 votes. Out of 147,522 registered voters, 96,436 have cast their votes.

Rastriya Prajatantra Party Vice President Rabindra Mishra resigned from all party responsibilities. He described it as an immediate leave from party politics.

Mishra announced his decision on social media on Saturday. He emphasized that his resignation does not change his views on key issues.

He stated that his support for restoring the monarchy and promoting good governance remains the same. Mishra will no longer hold any formal role within RPP.