Social worker and Nepali Congress (NC) candidate Arzu Rana Deuba lost to left alliance leader Narad Muni Rana in the parliamentary elections from Kailali-5.  Rana is wife of NC President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. 

CPN-UML candidate Narad Muni Rana defeated Rana by a margin of 4880 votes. 

Narad Muni mustered 27,202 votes while Arju garnered 22,322 votes. A total of 61000 votes were cast in Kailali-5.