CPN-UML’s candidate Mangal Prasad Gupta has defeated Abhishek Pratap Sah of the Nepali Congress to book his seat for the House of Representatives from Kapilvastu-3.

As per the final results made public on Friday evening, Gupta received 22,619 votes. His closest competitor Sah got 18,982.

Bal Ram Adhikari of UML has been elected as the HoR member from Kapilvastu-1 defeating Chakrapani Khanal of the CPN (Maoist Centre) by a margin of 15,692 votes.