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.
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