Sarat Singh Bhandari, a candidate of Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, has been elected as a House of Representatives member from Mahottari-2.

As per the final results made public on Friday afternoon, Bhandari defeated his close competitor Bijaya Kumar Singh of the Tarai Madhesh Loktantrik Party by a margin of 14,070 votes.

Bhandari received 25,190 votes against Singh who managed to get only 11,120 votes.

Bhandari was a member of the National Panchayat in 2037 BS and 2043 BS. He was elected to the House of Representatives as a candidate of the Nepali Congress in 2056 BS and to the Constituent Assembly as a candidate of the Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum in 2064 BS.

Bhandari was also elected to the House of Representatives in the 2017 polls from Mahottari-2 as a candidate of the Rastriya Janata Party.