Of the 42 candidates, who contested in the March 5 election to the House of Representatives from two constituencies of Kavrepalanchok district, half of them failed to secure even 100 votes.
Among the contestants in these two constituencies, 11 were independent candidates.
In constituency- 2, seven candidates received less than 100 votes. Also, four of the candidates in this constituency gained less than 1,000 votes.
Candidates unable to cross 1,000 votes were Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal's Man Bahadur Tamang (71 votes), Nepal Workers and Peasant Party's Raju Tamang (52 votes), Pragatishil Lokatantrik Party's Gyanendra Kumar Shrestha (56 votes), Samabeshi Samajwadi's Binod Lama (80 votes), National Republican Nepal's Bharat Tamang (35 votes) and independent candidate Jivan Lama (94 votes), according to the Office of the Chief Election Officer.
Independent candidate Yubaraj Chaulagain recorded the lowest number of votes in this constituency- only 7 votes.
Likewise, candidates receiving less than 1,000 votes in this constituency were Rastriya Prajatantra Party's Nawaraj Satyal (699 votes), Shram Sanskriti Party's Dhiraj Lama (287 votes), Mangol National Organization's Kamal Bahadur Lama (156 votes), Kanchha Tamang of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) (149), Sanyukta Nagarik Party's Ratna Lama (114 votes) and independent candidate Rajesh Kumar Shrestha (169 votes).
In constituency- 2, more than a dozen of candidates were limited to less than 50 votes, reported the Office of the Election Officer.
They were Miteri Party Nepal's Hari Bahadur Thapa (10 votes), National Republican Nepal's Sukaman Tamang (15 votes), Mangol National Organization's Umesh Lama (28 votes), Rajan Thapa (28 votes) of Nepal Communist Party (United), Janata Samajwadi party's Rakam Lama (32 votes), Rastriya Janamorcha's Subarna Bikram Thapa (39 votes).
Independent candidate Asha Tamang got 59 votes. Unlike Tamang, other independent candidates from this constituency did not receive more than 50 votes.