Half of Candidates in Sunsari Fail to Secure 100 Votes in Recent Federal Elections

Sunsari. In the recently concluded House of Representatives elections, half of the candidates who contested from the four constituencies in Sunsari failed to secure even 100 votes. There were a total of 110 candidates in the four constituencies of the district. Among them, 38 were independent candidates, and 72 were candidates from various political parties. In the four constituencies, 55 candidates could not even cross the 100-vote mark.

In Sunsari Constituency No. 1, 15 candidates received less than 100 votes. Those who did not cross 100 votes include Dil Bahadur Bastola of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) with 94 votes, Rajkumar Limbu of the Federal Democratic National Forum with 83, Rajkumar Limbu of the Nepali Janashramdan Sanskriti Party with 83, Mahesh Shrestha of the Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party with 63, Sanjay Rai of the Janata Samajbadi Party, Nepal with 53, Ram Bahadur Bista of the Aam Janata Party with 52, Rajendra Gurung of the Mongol National Organization with 46, Yam Bahadur Limbu of the Nepal Janamukti Party with 27, Rakshakumar Rai of the Miteri Party Nepal with 17, and among independent candidates, Deuman Limbu with 74, Sumit Rai with 69, Jeevankala Rai with 37, Sheshprasad Regmi with 17, and Chet Bahadur Rai with 17 votes, according to the Office of the Election Officer.

Independent candidate Omkrishna Udas received the lowest nine votes in this constituency. Furthermore, those who received less than one thousand votes in this constituency include Dambar Lawati of the Ujyalo Nepal Party with 590, Nagendr Bahadur Limbu of the Janata Samajbadi Party with 202, Bhupi Rai of the Rastriya Sajha Party with 191, Naresh Bik of the United Civil Party with 125, and Subash Bishwakarma (Independent) with 107 votes.

In Sunsari-2, 11 more candidates were limited to less than 50 votes. According to the Office of the Election Officer, Roshani Rai (Independent) received two votes, Bhim Bahadur Dahal (Independent) received 6, Navraj Poudel (Independent) received 45, Atit Nepal of the Communist Party of Nepal received 31, Niranjan Thakur of the Aam Janata Party (Single Election Symbol) received 28, Devendra Poudel (Independent) received 20, Anjanadevi Gupta (Independent) received 18, Rajkumar Khatri (Independent) received 14, Satyanarayan Pandit (Independent) received 10, Dambar Bahadur Baraili (Independent) received 6, and Gitamaiyan Biji of the Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party received 14 votes.

In Sunsari-3, 10 candidates received less than 100 votes, while 6 candidates received less than 500 votes. Ramnarayan Tharu of the Janmat Party received 389 votes, Jageshwar Yadav of the Ujyalo Nepal Party received 286, Kishorkumar Biswas of the Samaveshi Samajbadi Party Nepal received 225, Badriprasad Yadav of the Janata Samajbadi Party, Nepal received 177, Ashutosh Dhungel of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) received 140, and Pramod Poudyal of the Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party received 119 votes.

In Sunsari-4, 18 candidates received less than 100 votes. Tawarej Alam Ansari of the Aam Janata Party received 87 votes, Mankumar Rai of the Mongol National Organization received 74, Ramesh Kumar Sah of the Nepal Janata Party received 63, Ankit Karki (Independent) received 49, Satyanarayan Lahutiya of the Nepal Communist Party (United) received 39, Tejnarayan Goit (Independent) received 34, Kundan Koushik (Independent) received 33, Mo. Sadik Miyan of the Federal Democratic National Forum received 29, Upendra Kumar Sah (Independent) received 25, Devanarayan Mahato (Independent) received 16, Sharmananda Khatiwada (Independent) received 16, Mahendra Sunchaury (Independent) received 14, Jalal Miyan (Independent) received 13, Chanchala Nhisutu of the Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Party received 12, Parbati Mukhiya (Independent) received 12, Yamuna KC (Independent) received 11, Phulkumari Khan (Independent) received four, and Budheshwor Yadav (Independent) received four votes, according to the Office of the Chief Election Officer.