Bardiya: Nepali Congress’ Sanjaya Kumar Gautam, the common candidate of the ruling alliance, has won the election to the House of Representatives from Bardiya constituency no 1.
He garnered 30,611 votes as against the 26,155 bagged by his closest competitor Laxman Raj Gyawali of the CPN (UML).
Gautam surpassed Gyawali by 4,456 votes. There were 162 thousand 662 registered voters in this electoral constituency and out of them, 104 thousand 402 cast votes in the elections held on November 20.
Six thousand four hundred and one votes were invalid, the Chief Election Officer’s Office said.
Giri secures HoR seat from Dang-3
Nepali Congress’ Deepak Giri has won the election to the House of Representatives (HoR) from Dang constituency no 3.
According to Election Officer Dolnath Neupane, Giri garnered 36,842 votes and his nearest competitor Komal Oli of the CPN (UML) got 29,032.
Similarly, Kamal Subedi of Rastriya Swatantra Party got 15,300 votes. Ninety thousand one hundred and fifty of the total 146 thousand 475 registered voters cast votes in Dang-3 constituency in the election to the HoR and Province Assembly Member held on November 20.
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NC’s Chaudhary wins HoR seat from West Nawalparasi-1
Nepali Congress’ candidate Binod Kumar Chaudhary has been elected the Member of the House of Representatives (HoR), the lower house of the federal parliament, from Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta West)-1.
He secured 29,495 votes, defeating his nearest competitor Hridayesh Tripathi, the candidate from Janata Pragatisheel Party, by a margin of 7,178 votes. Tripathi got 22,308 votes, informed Sujata Khatri, the District Election Officer.
A noted industrialist and businessman, Chaudhary became a Member of Parliament in the first Constituent Assembly Election in 2064 BS and the parliamentary election of 2074 BS from the proportional representation quota.
He was picked as MP in 2064 BS by CPN (UML) and by the Nepali Congress in 2074 BS elections.
Mahendra Sen Thakuri of Rastriya Swatantra Party garnered 12,599 votes and Gulab Prasad Chaudhary of Janamat Party got 5,944.
There are 118 thousand 250 registered voters in this electoral constituency and out of them, 84,335 voters voted in this constituency in the HoR and Province Assembly Member elections held on November 20.
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