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Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Candi have won the House of Representatives (HoR) election from Kathmandu-2 and 4.

Sunil KC has been elected from Kathmandu-2. The Election Commission has stated that he was elected with 34,238 votes.

KC's closest competitor, Nepali Congress's candidate Kabir Sharma received 8,874 votes while the Rastriya Prajatantra Party candidate Kuntidevi Pokhrel received 5,210 votes. 

In the previous HoR member election, Sovita Gautam from RSP had been elected from this constituency.

Similarly, Pukar Bam has been elected in Kathmandu-4. The Election Commission stated that he was elected having received 29,142 votes. 

Bam's closest competitor, Nepali Congress's candidate Sachin Timalsena received 8,824 votes, while the CPN-UML candidate Rajan Bhattarai received 5,733 votes.

Gagan Kumar Thapa, the president of the Nepali Congress, was elected from this constituency in the previous HoR elections.

One person died and another was injured after two motorcycles collided on the Prithvi Highway at Baireni Bazaar in Galchhi Rural Municipality-6, Dhading.

Police said 29-year-old Raju Dhungana died on the spot. The other rider, 39-year-old Hom Bahadur Tamang, was injured and taken to Baireni Hospital for treatment.

Traffic police from Baireni Police Station reached the scene and took both vehicles under control. Police said further investigation into the accident is underway.

Candidates of Rastriya Swatantra Party have secured victory in both constituencies of Bhaktapur. Rukesh Ranjit won in Bhaktapur-1 while Rajiv Khatri won in Bhaktapur-2 with a huge margin.

In Bhaktapur-2, Khatri secured 33,013 votes after counting 5,022 votes while UML candidate Mahesh Basnet received 8,034 votes, and Nepali Congress’ (NC) Kabir Rana got 6,995 votes.

In Bhaktapur-1, Ranjit received 30,794 votes. Nepal Majdur Kisan Party Prem Suwal got 26,990 votes and NC candidate Kiran Neupane secured 3,969 votes.

Dr Mahabir Pun, the former Minister for Education, Science and Technology, has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Myagdi.

The Office of the Chief Election Officer stated that Pun, an independent candidate, has won the election by securing 28,850 votes.

Chief Election Officer Surya Bahadur Thapa said that Pun's closest competitor, Hari Krishna Shrestha of the CPN-UML, received 7,919 votes while Karna Bahadur Bhandari of the Nepali Congress received 6,884 votes and Arjun Thapa of the Nepali Communist Party got 3,529 votes.

Out of 86,397 voters, 46,215 votes were cast in the voting held under the House of Representatives (HoR) Member election in Myagdi on Thursday.