BUTWAL, Jan 25: Both the candidates of the ruling coalition have secured victory as National Assembly (NA) members from Lumbini province.
Bishnu Kumari Sapkota of Nepali Congress (NC) has been elected from the women's category. According to Election Officer Kul Prasad Pandey, Sapkota got victory by securing 5435 votes while her rival Tulsa KC of CPN-UML got 2867 votes.
Gulmi's Sapkota belongs to the rival faction within the NC. In the beginning, the establishment faction of the party had prepared to make Pushpa Bhusal of Arghakhanchi a candidate in her place. But after strong opposition from the rival faction, Sapkota was finally given the ticket.
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Similarly, Jhakku Prasad Subedi of the ruling Maoist Center has been elected from the other category. Rolpa's Subedi defeated CPN-UML's Jhapendra GC. The official result of the candidates under the other category is yet to be announced. Six candidates are in the fray for two positions.
Janamat Party Balgobinda Chaudhary of Nawalparasi is a candidate under the ‘other category.’ On the women's side, RPP's Bijaya Laxmi Singh was the candidate.
In Lumbini province, 218 people including 109 local level chiefs and deputy chiefs and 87 MPs of the provincial assembly were voters. Out of 305 voters, all 87 votes were cast from the provincial assembly and 216 out of 218 votes from the local level, 303 votes were cast.
The number of votes per member of the provincial assembly is 53, and the number of votes per voter is 19 for the chair and vice chair of the rural municipality and the mayor and deputy mayor of the municipality.
