Devkota elected NA member

KATHMANDU, May 20: CPN-UML leader and Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal has lost the National Assembly by-election. 

Thapa suffered the loss to Dr Khim Lal Devkota, the candidate fielded by an opposition alliance,  in the by-election for the vacant post of National Assembly member from Bagmati Province, held on Thursday. 

According to the final vote-count, Badal got 4014 votes while Khimlal got 5088 votes.