Only Two Out of Four Contesting Transport Entrepreneurs Win Seats in House of Representatives Election

Only 2 out of the transport entrepreneurs who contested the House of Representatives election have secured a victory. Out of the 4 transport entrepreneurs who contested under the First-Past-the-Post electoral system, only 2 have won.

Bijay Bahadur Swar, who is also the Chairman of the Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs National Federation, had contested the House of Representatives election from Kailali-2 on behalf of the Nepali Congress. However, he was defeated. KP Khanal of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won in his constituency, securing over 19,000 votes. Swar secured the fourth position with 7,200 votes.

Western Transport entrepreneur Bishnu Khadka contested from Surkhet-1. Khadka, nominated by the Nepali Congress, won by securing 28,800 votes. His closest competitor, UML candidate Dhruv Kumar Shahi, received 18,890 votes.

Similarly, Ramesh Sapkot, head of Karnali Transport and a candidate from RSP, contested from Surkhet-2 and won by securing 30,800 votes. Sapkot's competitor, Congress candidate Narayan Kumar Khadka, received 16,300 votes.

Another transport entrepreneur, Nepali Congress candidate Bhagwat Malla, faced defeat after contesting from Syangja-2. Jhabilal Dumre, the RSP candidate, won in that constituency by securing more than 25,000 votes. Malla received 20,830 votes.