Five Candidates Lose Deposits in Mustang Constituency Following Federal Elections

Baglung. Five candidates have lost their deposits in the Mustang constituency following the representative assembly member election held on Falgun 21. Eight candidates from various parties were in the electoral field. Yogesh Gauchan Thakali of the Nepali Congress was declared the winner, securing 3,307 votes.

His closest competitor, Indra Dhara Dadu Bista of CPN-UML, received 1,806 votes, while Adhityachandra Thakali of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) secured 759 votes. Adhitya is the first candidate to save his deposit despite receiving less than a thousand votes. The provision is that a candidate's deposit is forfeited if they do not secure 10 percent of the total valid votes. Kamala Lalchan of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) received 161 votes, Ngutuk Gurung of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) received 151, Surendra Sherchan of the Ujyalo Nepal Party received 85, Ajay Bik of the Aam Janata Party received 9, and Yam Bahadur Gurung of the Mongol National Organization received 3 votes.

RSP Second in Proportional Representation

The Congress, which won the direct election, is also leading in the proportional representation category. However, the vote count is slightly lower. While Congress received 2,521 votes, RSP is in second place. Although the RSP candidate Thakali received 759 votes in the direct election, they received 2,313 votes in the proportional representation category. CPN-UML received 1,204 votes. The District Election Officer, Lokendra Gyawali, informed that the Shram Sanskriti Party received 136 votes, the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) received 126, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) received 123, the Rastriya Parivartan Party received 34, the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) received 34, and the Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party received 28 votes.

Out of 11,328 registered voters in Mustang, 6,298 votes were cast, accounting for (56.47) percent. Of these, 107 votes were declared invalid.