CPN-UML's Kshitij Thebe Elected to House of Representatives from Taplejung

Ratopati March 07, 2026

CPN-UML's Kshitij Thebe Elected to House of Representatives from Taplejung

Kathmandu. CPN-UML candidate Kshitij Thebe has been elected from Taplejung for the House of Representatives. Thebe won by defeating Nepali Congress candidate Gajendra Prasad Tumyanghang by a margin of 2,251 votes.

Thebe secured 13,962 votes, while Tumyanghang received 11,711 votes.

CPN's Khel Prasad Budhakshetri came in third with 6,775 votes, Santosh Rai of the Shram Sanskriti Party was fourth with 5,209 votes, and Birendra Shrestha of the Rastriya Swatantra Party was fifth with 4,155 votes.

In Taplejung, CPN-UML's Yogesh Bhattarai had won in the 2074 and 2079 elections previously.

However, this time CPN-UML gave the ticket to Thebe instead of Bhattarai. With Thebe's victory, CPN-UML has so far won four seats. It is currently leading in seven constituencies.

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