Nepali Congress Candidate Wins Mustang Seat; Five Candidates Forfeit Deposits

Mustang. Nepali Congress candidate Yogesh Gauchan Thakali has won the House of Representatives election in Mustang by a wide margin. With his victory, the deposits (bail money) of 5 out of the 8 candidates who contested in Mustang have been forfeited.

According to the final vote count, 32-year-old Congress candidate Yogesh Gauchan Thakali secured victory by obtaining 3,307 votes. His closest competitor, 56-year-old Indra Dhara Dadu Bista of the CPN (UML), received 1,806 votes.

According to election law, the deposit of a candidate who fails to secure 10 percent of the total valid votes cast in their constituency is forfeited. Based on the data received, the deposits of candidates from five smaller parties, including the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), were forfeited as they could not cross the 10 percent vote threshold.

Similarly, 39-year-old candidate Adhitya Chandra Thakali of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) secured the third position with 759 votes. Based on the total votes cast, he crossed the 10 percent threshold.  
In Mustang, the total valid votes were 6,281, meaning a minimum of 628 votes were required to save the deposit. Only the candidates from the Congress, UML, and RSP managed to cross this limit.

Candidates whose deposits were forfeited and the votes they received:
1. Kamala Lalchan (Rastriya Prajatantra Party) – 161 votes
2. Ngtuk Gurung (Nepal Communist Party) – 151 votes
3. Surendra Sherchan (Ujyaalo Nepal Party) – 85 votes
4. Ajay B.K. (Aam Janata Party) – 9 votes
5. Yam Bahadur Gurung (Mongol National Organisation) – 3 votes