Mahabir Pun wins Myagdi seat
Summary
Independent candidate Mahabir Pun has won the parliamentary seat from Myagdi with a large margin, defeating CPN-UML's Hari Krishna Shrestha.
Key Points
- Mahabir Pun was elected as Member of Parliament from Myagdi with 22,850 votes.
- Pun defeated Hari Krishna Shrestha from CPN-UML by nearly 15,000 votes.
- Karna Bahadur Bhandari of Nepali Congress and Arjun Thapa of Nepali Communist Party received 6,884 and 3,529 votes respectively.
- Mahabir Pun was backed by the Rastriya Swatantra Party and is a Ramon Magsaysay Award laureate.
