DHANUSHA, Nov 25: CPN-UML candidate Juli Kumari Mahato has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Dhanusha-3.
She won the election with a margin of 9,669 votes against the votes secured by her closest contender Anil Jha of the Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, who was the common candidate of the ruling alliance.
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According to the Election Office, Mahato obtained 33,355 votes and Jha got 23,686 votes.
With this, Mahato has tasted victory in the first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system for the first time. She was picked as the MP two times before this from the proportional representation quota. She was also a federal minister.
