RSP’s Jagdish Kharel wins Lalitpur-2 by wide margin
Summary
Jagdish Kharel of the Rastriya Swatantra Party wins Lalitpur-2 seat with 39,491 votes, defeating nearest rival Prem Krishna Maharjan of Nepali Congress who secured 7,420 votes.
Key Points
- Jagdish Kharel from the Rastriya Swatantra Party won the Lalitpur-2 seat in the House of Representatives elections.
- Kharel resigned as Minister for Communications and Information Technology to contest the elections.
- He secured 39,491 votes, a wide margin over his nearest rival Prem Krishna Maharjan of Nepali Congress who received 7,420 votes.
- Other candidates included Rajarama Tandukar, Prem Bahadur Maharjan, Raghuvar Raj Thapa, Rajendra Amatya, and Saroj Rai.
