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UML vice chair Bishnu Prasad Poudel elected HoR member from Rupandehi-2
Poudel defeats Ganesh Poudel of the Rastriya Swatantra Party by a margin of 1,366 votes to secure a House seat from the constituency for the fourth time.
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Amrita Anmol
Published at : November 25, 2022
Updated at : November 25, 2022 21:27
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CPN-UML Vice Chairman Bishnu Prasad Poudel has emerged victorious as a House of Representatives member from Rupandehi-2 on Friday. It’s Poudel’s fourth win to the lower house from the constituency.
As per the final results, Poudel defeated Ganesh Poudel of the Rastriya Swatantra Party by a margin of 1,366 votes as he got 27,147 votes against his closest competitor who managed to garner 25,781 votes.
Keshav Bahadur Thapa Magar of the Rastriya Janamukti Party got 22,010 votes.
The ruling alliance had supported Magar after the candidature of Rajiv Gurung of the CPN (United Socialist) was annulled by the Election Commission.
Amrita Anmol
Amrita Anmol is the Rupandehi correspondent for Kantipur Publications.
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