Jagdish Kharel of Rastriya Swatantra Party Wins Lalitpur-2 Seat, Breaking Decades-Long Electoral Pattern
Summary
Jagdish Kharel of the Rastriya Swatantra Party won the Lalitpur-2 seat, breaking a decades-long pattern where only candidates from the Maharjan and Shakya families dominated elections.
Key Points
- Jagdish Kharel of the Rastriya Swatantra Party was elected from Lalitpur-2 with 39,491 votes.
- Kharel's victory breaks a decades-old pattern where only Maharjan and Shakya surnames won or were closest rivals in Lalitpur-2.
- Previous seven elections in Lalitpur-2 were dominated by UML, Nepali Congress, and Maoist parties, mainly by candidates from the Maharjan and Shakya groups.
- A total of 23 candidates contested the Lalitpur-2 seat in the recent election, including 7 independents.
