Kathmandu, April 25: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Dr. Swarnim Wagle has won by-election for the House of Representatives in Tanahu-1 with wide margin.
According to Election Office, Dr Wagle received 34,480 votes. His nearest rival Nepali Congress candidate Govinda Bhattarai got 20,092 votes.
Their difference was 14,388 votes. CPN UML candidate Sarbendra Khanal garnered merely 8,555 votes.
Ram Chandra Paudel was elected from Nepali Congress in Tanahun (1) in the last general election. After Paudel became the President, by-elections were held here.
