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Mohan Acharya of Congress wins Rasuwa seat
Defeats RSP’s Bhatta by 5,085 votes in March 5 House of Representatives election.bookmark
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Published at : March 6, 2026
Updated at : March 6, 2026 22:48
Rasuwa
Mohan Acharya of the Nepali Congress has been elected to the House of Representatives from Rasuwa in the March 5 election, defeating Basant Bhatta of the Rastriya Swatantra Party by a margin of 5,085 votes.
Acharya secured 10,656 votes, while Bhatta received 5,571 votes.
With this, the Nepali Congress has won three seats under the first-past-the-post category. The party has maintained a lead in 14 constituencies nationwide.
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