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Pushpa Kamal Dahal nears victory in Rukum East-1
Nepali Communist Party coordinator leads by over 5,700 votes in the count.bookmark
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Published at : March 6, 2026
Updated at : March 6, 2026 18:24
Kathmandu
Nepali Communist Party (NCP) coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal is close to securing a win in Rukum East-1 as vote counting continues following Thursday’s parliamentary elections.
Dahal has so far received 8,747 votes, leading CPN-UML candidate Lilamani Gautam by 5,730 votes, who has secured 3,017 votes. Nepali Congress candidate Kusum Devi Thapa is in third place with 2,477 votes.
Vote counting is ongoing.
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