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Congress’ Abhishek Pratap Shah wins Kapilvastu-3
Shah secures 23,535 votes, defeating RSP’s Prakash Rajouriya and UML’s Birendra Kumar Kanodia.bookmark
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Published at : March 7, 2026
Updated at : March 7, 2026 19:20
Kapilvastu
Abhishek Pratap Shah of the Nepali Congress has been elected to the House of Representatives from Kapilvastu-3.
According to the final results, Shah secured 23,535 votes to win the seat. His nearest rival, Prakash Rajouriya of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), received 18,890 votes.
CPN-UML candidate Birendra Kumar Kanodia came third with 14,763 votes.
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