Alliance Candidates Win Both National Assembly Seats in Gandaki Province

Pokhara. Alliance candidates have won both seats in the National Assembly elections from Gandaki province. In the 'Other' category, Congress's Jagat Timilsina won, and in the 'Women' category, UML's Samjhana Devkota emerged victorious.

According to the Office of the Chief Election Officer, in the 'Other' group, Nepali Congress candidate Timilsina defeated the nearest competitor, Kapil Lama of the Nepal Communist Party, by a wide margin of 4,092 vote weights. Timilsina secured 5,033 vote weights, while Lama received 941 vote weights. Janamorcha's Shankar Prasad Baral garnered 76 vote weights. Timilsina received 48 votes from the Provincial Assembly (2,544 vote weights) and 131 votes from the local level (2,489 vote weights).

In the 'Women' category, CPN (UML) candidate Devkota secured 5,014 vote weights. Her nearest competitor, Goma Luintel Ghimire of the CPN, received 941 vote weights. Janamorcha's Laxmi Baskota, who came third, received only 76 vote weights. Devkota received 48 votes from the Provincial Assembly (2,544 vote weights) and 130 votes from the local level (2,470 vote weights).

The Office of the Chief Election Officer stated that 2 Provincial Assembly members' votes and 1 local level representative's vote were invalidated in the 'Other' category, while 2 Provincial Assembly members' votes and 2 local level representatives' votes were invalidated in the 'Women' category. Gandaki had 228 voters. Among the 59 assembly members and 169 local level representatives, 2 RPP assembly members boycotted the election. Similarly, in the local level, Walang's Deputy Mayor Kavita Tiwari, Dhorpatan's Mayor Devkumar Nepali, and Manang's Narphu Rural Municipality Chairman Konjo Tenjing Lama did not cast their votes. The Nepali is in jail in connection with a cooperative fraud case. RPP's Pancharam Gurung and Bindu Paudel did not participate in the election.