Harkaraj Rai wins from Sunsari-1
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.
NC's Rana wins in Palpa-1
NC candidate Sandeep Rana has won the House of Representatives election in Palpa Constituency No. 1.
Rana secured 18,336 votes, defeating UML candidate Narayan Prasad Acharya by 1,517 votes. Acharya received 16,819 votes, while Bimal Pant of the RSP received 14,333 votes.
The last Congress victory in Palpa-1 was in 1992 when Kaluram Rana won after the 1989 people’s movement. Since then, UML candidates had been winning the seat until this election.
RSP's Chaudhary elected from Saptari-3
Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Amar Kanta Chaudhary has been elected to the House of Representatives (HoR) from Saptari 3.
According to Election Officer Sitaram Acharya, he has received 32,875 votes.
Upendra Yadav of the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Nepal has received 15,239 votes while Dinesh Kumar Yadav of the Nepali Congress has received 8,428 votes.
RSP candidates elected in both constituencies of Kavre
Under the House of Representatives elections held on Thursday, candidates of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) have been elected in both constituencies of Kavrepalanchok district.
From Kavrepalanchok-1, Madhu Kumar Chaulagai has won with 29,618 votes. His closest competitor, Gunaraj Moktan of Nepali Congress, received 19,166 votes.
Similarly, Dinanath Gautam of the Nepali Communist Party (NCP) received 14,184 votes while Amit Lama of the CPN-UML got 13,814 votes.
Likewise, from Kavrepalanchok-2, RSP candidate Badan Kumar Bhandari was elected with a margin of 35,476 votes.
Bhandari garnered 53,344 votes while his competitor, Madhu Prasad Acharya of Nepali Congress, received 17,868 votes.
Similarly, in this area, Ashok Byanju of UML received 13,940 votes and Basundhara Humagain of NCP got 8,107 votes.
