Dr Swarnim Wagle re-elected from Tanahun-1
Summary
Dr Swarnim Wagle has been re-elected to Nepal's House of Representatives from Tanahun-1, defeating Govinda Bhattarai of the Nepali Congress.
Key Points
- Dr Swarnim Wagle, vice-chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, was re-elected from Tanahun Constituency-1.
- Wagle secured 38,040 votes, defeating Govinda Bhattarai of the Nepali Congress who got 16,231 votes.
- Other contenders included Bhagwati Neupane (CPN-UML) and Bidyanath Dhakal (Nepali Communist Party) with 5,830 and 2,393 votes respectively.
- Total votes cast were 68,129 out of 126,882 registered voters in the constituency.