Syangja: The Nepali Congress candidate for the election to the House of Representatives (HoR), Raju Thapa, has been elected from constituency no 1 of Syangja district. He defeated UML’s Narayan Prasad Marasini with the margin of 2,455 votes.
Thapa secured 31,999 votes while his nearest rival Marasini got 28,744. Similarly, they are trailed by Bodhraj Regmi of Rastriya Swatantra Party with 6,065 votes.
It is the third electoral competition between Thapa and Marasini. Thapa was elected the Constituent Assembly member in 2070BS election while Marasini won the 2074BS election for House of Representatives.
Meanwhile, CPN UML’s Sudhir Kumar Poudel became Provincial Assembly member from Syangja 1 (a) and Sita Sundas of the same party from Syangja 1 (b).
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Dipak Khadka wins from Sankhuwasabha
Nepali Congress candidate Dipak Khadka has secured a seat for the House of Representatives from Sankhuwasabha district. He received 32,158 votes, according to assistant election officer, Dr Indra Sapkota.
His nearest rival Rajendra Prasad Gautam of CPN UML collected 26,719 votes. Khadka had also defeated Gautam in the 2070BS election. Khadka is the district chairman of Nepali Congress.
The office of chief returning officer informed that under the HoR election, the turnout was 65,337. Among the turnouts, 2,757 votes were invalid.
Similarly, Rajendra Karki ‘Nabin’ of CPN (Maoist Centre) has been elected a member of the Province Assembly (1) from the district. Karki collected 13,433 votes. He won with narrow margin of 34 votes.
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