RSP’s Balendra Shah Elected HoR Member from Jhapa-5, Defeats KP Sharma Oli
Summary
Balendra Shah of the Rastriya Swatantra Party won the House of Representatives seat from Jhapa-5, defeating former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli by a large margin.
Key Points
- Balendra Shah of Rastriya Swatantra Party was elected as Member of House of Representatives from Jhapa-5 constituency.
- He defeated former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli of CPN-UML by a significant margin.
- Shah received 68,348 votes, while Oli secured 18,734 votes.
- Voter turnout was 106,568 out of 163,379 registered voters in the constituency.
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