NC’s Khadka wins HoR seat from Doti
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.
RSP wins HoR polls from Rupandehi-2, Baglung-2
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.
Dolpa faces election complaints
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.
RSP panthi wins at Gulmi-2
Govinda Panthi of RSP has won in Gulmi Constituency No. 2. He secured 16,961 votes, defeating CPN-UML candidate Gokarna Raj Bista by 561 votes. Bista received 16,406 votes, while Nepali Congress’ Bhuwan Prasad Shrestha got 14,434 votes. Nepali Communist Party’s Shriram Mahat secured 3,081 votes.
