Gagan Thapa loses seat to RSP’s Amresh Kumar Singh in Sarlahi-4
Summary
Gagan Thapa of Nepali Congress lost the parliamentary seat in Sarlahi-4 to Amresh Kumar Singh of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, ending his 18-year career in parliament.
Key Points
- Gagan Thapa lost the House of Representatives election from Sarlahi-4 to Amresh Kumar Singh.
- Amresh Kumar Singh secured 35,688 votes against Gagan Thapa’s 22,831 votes, winning by a margin of 12,857 votes.
- Thapa's 18-year parliamentary career started in 2008 through proportional representation, followed by three consecutive wins in Kathmandu-4.
- Singh has a PhD in international relations and was previously elected from Sarlahi-4 in 2013 and 2017, running as an independent in 2022 after being denied a Nepali Congress ticket.
