Four-way contest heats up in Gulmi-1

Summary

The Gulmi-1 constituency is gearing up for a closely contested House of Representatives election on March 5 with four major candidates competing.

Key Points
  • Gulmi-1 constituency has four major contenders for the House of Representatives election scheduled for March 5.
  • Traditional bipolar contest between CPN-UML and Nepali Congress is now challenged by Rastriya Swatantra Party and Nepali Communist Party candidates.
  • In the 2022 election, Nepali Congress's Chandra Bhandari narrowly defeated CPN-UML's Pradeep Gyawali.
  • There are 122,186 registered voters in Gulmi-1, making the race highly unpredictable due to multiple strong candidates and shifting alliances.
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