RSP’s Bhusal elected from Arghakhanchi

Hari Prasad Bhusal of the Rastriya Swantantra Party (RSP) has been elected under the House of Representatives (HoR) elections-2026 from Arghakhanchi.  

According to Chief Election Officer, Shibalal Pandey, Bhusal emerged victorious with 35,023 votes. 

His nearest rival was CPN-UML’s  Pitambar Bhusal who got 22,649 votes while Bishnu Prasad Khanal (Muskan) of the Nepali Congress got 18,297. Ram Bahadur Chauhan of Nepali Communist Party (NCP) garnered 3,847. 

Out of 171,652 voters, a total of 86,668 votes were cast during the voting held on March 5.

 

RSP candidate Acharya wins HoR from Dang-2

Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Bipin Kumar Acharya has won the House of Representatives (HoR) elections-2026 from Dang-2. 

He achieved a landslide victory with 43,557 votes against his nearest rival Shankar Pokhrel of CPN-UML who secured 15,282.  

Similarly, Kiran Kishore Ghimire of the Nepali Congress obtained 11,509 followed by 7,080 by Nirmal Acharya of the Nepali Communist Party (NCP). 

 

RSP's Panthi victorious in Gumli-2

Gobinda Panthi of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won the House of Representatives (HoR)  election from Gulmi 2 by a whisker.  

According to Harihar Poudel, Election Officer, Panthi was elected with 16,967 votes against his closest competitor Gokarna Bista of the CPN (UML) by a slim margin of 561 votes.  Bista obtained 16,406 votes.

Likewise, Nepali Congress's candidate Bhuwan Prasad Shrestha secured third position with 14,434 votes.

Five women candidates elected so far in HoR polls

In the vote counting so far under the House of Representatives (HoR) polls- 2026, five women have emerged victorious. 

Among them, majority or four candidates are from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) that has so far won the highest seats, leading in many constituencies and one is from the Nepali Congress (NC)

Those elected area Ranju Neupane 'Darshana' (15,455 votes) from Kathmandu-1, Rubina Acharya (55,513) from Morang-6, Bina Gurung (37,750) from Kaski-3 and Komal Gyawali (17,826) from Kailali-1. They all represent the RSP. 

Likewise, NC candidate Basana Thana (12,372) emerged victorious from Dailekh-1.

During the ongoing vote counts, RSP candidates Sobita Gautam (Chitwan-3), Dr Toshima Karki (Lalitpur-3), Indira Rana Magar (Jhapa-2), Nisha Dangi (Jhapa-1), Nitima Bhandari (Sarlahi-1), Ashika Tamang (Dhading-1), Pushpa Kumari Chaudhary (Saptari-1) and Gauri Kumari (Mahottari-4) take the lead. 

According to the EC, final results for 45 constituencies have been declared, while counts are underway for 118 constituencies. The voting under the HoR snap polls-2026 for 165 direct seats and 110 for proportional representation seats were held on March 5.