Rastriya Prajatantra Party's Gyanendra Shahi Maintains Strong Lead in Jumla Parliamentary Race

Jumla. In the election for the House of Representatives, Gyanendra Shahi, the candidate from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) in the sole constituency of Jumla, has maintained a wide lead.

According to the latest vote count results from five local levels—Kankasundari, Sinja, Hima, Tila, and Tatopani Rural Municipalities—along with Wards 1 and 2 of Chandannath Municipality, RPP's Shahi has secured 10,992 votes, maintaining his lead, informed Harikrishna Timilsina, Assistant Chief Election Officer at the Chief Returning Officer's Office.

Shahi's closest competitor, Naresh Bhandari of the CPN (Maoist Centre), has received 7,015 votes, while Shantilal Mahat of CPN (UML) has garnered 3,355 votes, and Deep Bahadur Shahi of the Nepali Congress has received 4,352 votes, stated Assistant Chief Election Officer Harikrishna Timilsina of the Chief Returning Officer's Office.

Furthermore, Binita Kathayat of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) received 296 votes, Manarishi Dhital of the Janamat Party received 89, Bhish Bahadur Rawat of the Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party (NMKP) received 293, Ranil Bikram Shahi of the Nepal Janata Party received 28, Bhish Shahi of the CPN (Maoist Centre) received 56, and independent candidate Bhakta Bahadur Rawal received 12 votes, according to the Chief Returning Officer's Office. The office also reported that out of the total votes cast, 24,777 votes have been counted so far.

Regarding the total voter population in the district, approximately 40,897 votes, or 57 percent, were cast in the first-past-the-post category. Of these, 21,185 were cast by women and 19,712 by men, according to Dipendra Kandel, Election Officer at the District Election Office, Jumla.

For the Proportional Representation category, 41,631 votes, or 58.03 percent, were cast. The District Election Office stated that the total voter population in the district is 71,739.