KATHMANDU, MARCH 7
The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has secured six more seats in the House of Representatives elections, winning constituencies in Parsa-2, Rupandehi-2, Baglung-2, Lalitpur-1, Bara-3 and Bara-4.
In Parsa-2, RSP candidate Sushil Kumar Kanu was elected with 30,740 votes, defeating Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya of the Nepali Congress, who received 11,890 votes. Rima Kumar Yadav of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) secured 11,605 votes. A total of 65,878 votes were cast out of 95,120 registered voters, with 4,568 votes declared invalid.
In Rupandehi-2, Sulabh Kharel of the RSP won with 56,550 votes, defeating Bishnu Prasad Paudel of the CPN-UML, who received 12,861 votes. Chunnu Prasad Paudel of the Nepali Congress secured 9,392 votes.
Similarly, Som Sharma of the RSP won Baglung-2 with 12,647 votes, narrowly defeating Tek Raj Paudel of the Nepali Congress, who obtained 11,868 votes. Gyamnath Gaire of the Nepal Communist Party received 10,709 votes, followed by Manju Chalise of the CPN-UML with 7,864 votes.
In Lalitpur-1, RSP candidate Buddha Ratna Maharjan secured victory with 23,373 votes, defeating Uday Shumsher Rana of the Nepali Congress, who received 13,520 votes. Chetnath Sanjel of the Nepal Communist Party obtained 6,546 votes. Out of 77,737 registered voters, 52,632 votes were cast, including 2,049 invalid ballots.
The party also secured victories in Bara-3 and Bara-4. In Bara-3, RSP candidate Arvind Sah won with 40,677 votes, defeating Nepali Congress candidate Shyam Babu Gupta, who received 7,123 votes.
Similarly, in Bara-4, RSP candidate Rahwar Ansari was elected with 41,200 votes, while Nepali Congress candidate Farsullah Mansur secured 10,052 votes, according to the District Election Office.
