Independent candidate Prabhu Sah has been elected as the House of Representatives member from Rautahat-3. Sah defeated another independent candidate Om Prakash Jaiswal with a margin of 7,237 votes to secure a seat in the lower house for the fourth time.

According to election officer Meghnath Chapagain, Sah got 32,437 votes against his rival Jaiswal who settled at 25,200 votes.

Rabindra Patel of the CPN (Maoist Centre) received 8,458 votes.

Sah, who the then standing committee member of CPN-UML, had relinquished the party’s ticket at the last moment and registered an independent candidacy.