ROLPA, Nov 23: The CPN (Maoist Center) candidate Jokh Bahadur Mahara has been elected as the provincial assembly member from Rolpa ‘A’. He defeated the CPN-UML candidate Kamal Bahadur Budhathoki with a wide margin.
Mahara got 19,425 votes while his closest rival Budhathoki got 5,450 votes. The EC is yet to make a formal announcement to this effect.
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