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Congress’ Padam Bahadur Sahi elected provincial lawmaker from Bajura-2
As per the final results, Sahi defeated Lal Bahadur Thapa of the CPN-UML by a margin of 2,598 votes.
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Arjun Shah
Published at : December 4, 2022
Updated at : December 4, 2022 09:15
Dhangadhi
Nepali Congress candidate Padam Bahadur Sahi has been elected as a member of the Sudurpashim Province Assembly from Bajura-2.
As per the final results, Sahi defeated Lal Bahadur Thapa of the CPN-UML by a margin of 2,598 votes.
Sahi got 20,119 votes against Thapa who managed to bag 17,521 votes.
Thapa, who is the outgoing House of Representatives member from Bajura, was seen as a contender for the post of the chief minister. Sahi was defeated in the 2017 polls.
Arjun Shah
Arjun Shah is the Kailali correspondent for Kantipur Media Group.
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