Rastriya Swatantra Party Dominates Sudurpashchim Province, Securing 10 Seats

Dhangadhi. The results for all sixteen constituencies of the House of Representatives in the Sudurpashchim Province have been announced. According to the final results published, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has emerged as the leading party in the province by securing a massive victory in 10 constituencies here.

The RSP won 5 seats in Kailali district. According to the results, Komal Gyawali of the RSP won in Kailali Constituency No. 1 with 17,826 votes, and Anand Chand won in Constituency No. 5 with 31,953 votes. Similarly, Jagat Prasad Joshi won in Kailali Constituency No. 3 with 20,359 votes, Khemraj Koirala won in Constituency No. 4 with 28,556 votes, and KP Khanal won in Constituency No. 2 with 19,057 votes.

Candidates of the RSP were also elected by large margins in Kanchanpur district. Deepak Bohara was elected in Kanchanpur Constituency No. 2 with 33,952 votes, while Janak Singh Dhami won in Constituency No. 1 by securing 24,332 votes. Gyanendra Singh Mahata was victorious in Kanchanpur Constituency No. 3. He defeated the Nepali Congress candidate Hari Prasad Bohara by a significant margin of 17,675 votes.

Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress stronghold in Dadeldhura was broken after 34 years. RSP candidate Dr. Tara Prasad Joshi was elected in that constituency, securing 19,131 votes. His closest rival, Nainsingh Mahar of the Nepali Congress, received 12,121 votes. Joshi defeated Mahar by a margin of 7,010 votes.

Likewise, Hari Mohan Bhandari of the RSP won in Baitadi by securing 22,134 votes. The counting for the proportional representation system is ongoing.

• These are the 6 seats lost by the RSP

Although the RSP won 10 out of the sixteen constituencies for the House of Representatives in the Sudurpashchim Province, the party lost 6 seats.

Nevertheless, by winning more seats than the older parties, the RSP succeeded in becoming the leading party in the province. Young candidates in whom the RSP had high hopes were forced to accept defeat in 6 constituencies.

While there was an RSP wave across the country, voters in the five hilly districts of Sudurpashchim re-elected the older parties, CPN-UML and Nepali Congress.

The RSP suffered defeats in both constituencies of Achham, as well as in Jhapa, Darchula, Doti, and Bajura. According to the results, Om Prakash Rawal of the RSP received 1,739 votes in Achham Constituency No. 1, while Bhupdev Shah was limited to 4,562 votes in Achham Constituency No. 2.

Similarly, Shailesh Singh secured 9,263 votes in Jhapa, while Narendra Bahadur Khadka received 13,270 votes in Doti. Rajesh Singh Samant (Saud) received only 8,936 votes in Darchula, and Hemraj Thapa received only 6,035 votes in Bajura. The RSP could not secure victory in these six constituencies.