Independent Candidate Mahabir Pun Wins Baglung Parliamentary Seat by Wide Margin

Ratopati March 07, 2026

Independent Candidate Mahabir Pun Wins Baglung Parliamentary Seat by Wide Margin

Baglung. Independent candidate Mahabir Pun has won the House of Representatives election held on Falgun 21 from Myagdi with a significant majority of votes.

In Myagdi, which has only one constituency, independent candidate Pun secured more than three times the votes compared to the CPN-UML candidate Harikrishna Shrestha to emerge victorious.

Pun won by securing 22,850 votes, while his rival Harikrishna Shrestha received 7,919 votes.

Karnabahadur Bhandari of the Nepali Congress secured 6,676 votes.

Arjun Thapa of the Communist Party of Nepal received 3,529 votes. The formal announcement by the Chief Returning Officer's office is still pending. Out of a total of 86,397 registered voters, 46,215 votes were cast.

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