Ten Newly Elected Lawmakers in Gandaki Province Secure Over 50% of Votes

Pokhara. Ten newly elected lawmakers from Gandaki Province have won their elections by securing more than 50 percent of the votes. Out of 18 constituencies, 10 candidates achieved more than 50 percent of the total votes cast.

In terms of percentage, Tek Bahadur Gurung, the elected lawmaker from Manang, secured the highest percentage of votes. He received approximately 84 percent of the total votes. While he was elected with 2,415 votes, his competitor Yashoda Subedi from the Communist Party of Nepal received only 454 votes.

In the Himalayan district of Manang, only 41 percent of the 7,000 registered voters cast their ballots.

Similarly, Uttam Prasad Poudel from Kaski Constituency No. 2 secured 62.97 percent, Rajan Gautam from Nawalpur secured 62.32 percent, and Bina Gurung from Kaski 3 secured 60.26 percent of the votes.

 Khagakraj Poudel Ganesh from Kaski 1 secured 59.16 percent, Dr. Swarnim Wagle from Tanahun 1 secured 55.29 percent, Manish Khanal from Nawalpur 2 secured 54.25 percent, and Mahabir Pun from Myagdi secured 53.94 percent of the votes. Yogesh Gauchan Thakali from Mustang secured 52.58 percent of the votes, while Shriram Neupane from Tanahun 2 obtained 52.15 percent of the votes.

The lawmaker who won with the lowest percentage is Som Sharma from Baglung 2. Out of 44,556 valid votes cast here, he received 12,647 votes. This constituency saw the narrowest margin of victory and defeat.

Likewise, Jhabilal Dumre from Syangja also received only 28 percent of the votes. He secured 25,345 votes out of the 44,556 votes cast.

Only one lawmaker in Gandaki crossed the 50,000 vote mark. Rajan Gautam from Nawalpur received 50,195 votes. There are five candidates in Gandaki who received the lowest number of votes.

They received only 3 votes each. Yam Bahadur Gurung from Mustang, Sabitri Sharma from Parbat, Gita Kumari Lamichhane and Tul Bahadur Sholi Magar from Nawalpur 1, and Binita Awal from Kaski 2 each received only 3 votes.