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RSP’s Amarkanta Chaudhary defeats Upendra Yadav in Saptari-3
Chaudhary secures 32,875 votes, beating the JSP-N chair by over 17,000 votes.
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Published at : March 8, 2026
Updated at : March 8, 2026 11:19
Saptari
Amarkanta Chaudhary of the Rastriya Swatantra Party has been elected from Saptari-3 in the House of Representatives elections.
Chaudhary defeated Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal chair Upendra Yadav by a margin of more than 17,000 votes.
Chaudhary secured 32,875 votes, while Yadav received 15,239 votes.
Dinesh Kumar Gupta of Nepali Congress obtained 8,424 votes, and Tarakanta Chaudhary of CPN-UML received 6,715 votes.
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