RSP’s Raju Nath Pandey defeats Kulman Ghising in Kathmandu-3

Summary

Raju Nath Pandey of the Rastriya Swatantra Party won the Kathmandu-3 House of Representatives seat, defeating Kulman Ghising of the Ujyalo Nepal Party by 7,586 votes.

Key Points
  • Raju Nath Pandey of Rastriya Swatantra Party was elected from Kathmandu-3 with 18,757 votes.
  • Kulman Ghising of Ujyalo Nepal Party came second with 11,171 votes.
  • Kulman Ghising is the former energy minister credited for ending Nepal’s power outage crisis.
  • Traditional political parties faced setbacks, with Nepali Congress and CPN-UML candidates finishing third and fourth respectively.
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