Rastriya Swatantra Party's Prashant Upreti Wins Makwanpur Constituency-2 Seat, Set to Become Youngest Parliamentarian

Prashant Upreti of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won the election in Makwanpur Constituency Number-2 for the House of Representatives. At 25 years old, Upreti is set to become the youngest parliamentarian.

 Upreti, a local of Manahari Rural Municipality-7 in Makwanpur, was previously part of the secretariat when RSP senior leader Balen Shah was the Mayor. Later, he served as the personal secretary to Bablu Gupta when he was the Minister of Youth and Sports.

Born on Jestha 10, 2057 BS, Upreti is currently pursuing a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Leadership and Management from Kathmandu University, Faculty of Education. He holds a Bachelor of Travel and Tourism Management from the Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management.

 Previously, he completed his Higher Secondary Education (10+2) in Management from Global College of Management, Kathmandu, in 2018. He completed his secondary education from United Secondary English Boarding School, Makwanpur, in 2016.

 Upreti secured success in his first parliamentary journey, leaving behind 22 candidates in Makwanpur-2. In this election, where 91,241 votes were cast in Makwanpur-2, RSP's Upreti won by a margin of 11,204 votes.

Upreti was elected with 30,050 votes, while his closest competitor, CPN-UML candidate Mahesh Kumar Bartaula, received 18,846 votes. Nepali Congress candidate Buddha Lama received 15,056 votes, and Communist Party of Nepal candidate Labhshere Bista received 12,492 votes.

Pravin Kumar Syangtan of Ujyalo Nepal Party received 6,237 votes, while Yunesh Lama Sintan of Shram Sanskriti Party received 932 votes, and Ram Bahadur Thokar of RPP received 785 votes.