All candidates except winner forfeit deposit in Rupandehi-3
Summary
In Rupandehi-3, all candidates except Lekh Jung Thapa of the Rastriya Swatantra Party forfeited their election deposits after failing to secure the required 10 percent of valid votes.
Key Points
- The election deposits of 35 candidates in Rupandehi-3 were forfeited for failing to secure at least 10 percent of total valid votes.
- Lekh Jung Thapa of the Rastriya Swatantra Party was the only candidate to retain his election deposit.
- A total of 36 candidates had filed nominations in Rupandehi-3.
- Out of 89,414 valid votes, Thapa received 58,814 votes, while the nearest competitor, Sushil Gurung of Nepali Congress, got 8,435 votes.
