RSP wins HoR polls from Rupandehi-2, Baglung-2
The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has won two more constituencies: Rupandehi-2 and Baglung-2 in the House of Representatives (HoR) elections-2026.
Party candidate Sulabh Kharel emerged victorious from Rupandehi-2 with 56,550 votes, leaving behind his nearest competitor Bishnu Prasad Paudel of CPN-UML with a mammoth margin. Paudel obtained only 12,861.
Similarly, Chunnu Prasad Puadel of the Nepali Congress garnered 9,392, securing the third position.
In Baglung-2, RSP candidate Som Sharma won by securing 12,647 votes against his nearest contender Tek Raj Paudel of Nepali Congress who secured 11, 868. Likewise, Gyamnath Gaire of Nepali Communist Party (NCP) secured 10,709 votes followed by Manju Chalise of CPN-UML with 7,864 votes.
Dolpa faces election complaints
A complaint has been filed in Dolpa district demanding cancellation of the election. Ballot papers with half-cuts were reportedly found during counting in Wards 4 and 5 of Kaike Rural Municipality.
The complaint was jointly filed by CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party, and independent candidates. They accused election staff of serious misconduct and warned they may seek legal action in the High Court if ignored.
The Chief Electoral Officer, Chandradev Bharti, said such half-cut ballots are handled according to official procedures. The dispute will be addressed through an all-party meeting, following the Election Commission’s guidelines for House of Representatives elections.
RSP panthi wins at Gulmi-2
Govinda Panthi of RSP has won in Gulmi Constituency No. 2. He secured 16,961 votes, defeating CPN-UML candidate Gokarna Raj Bista by 561 votes. Bista received 16,406 votes, while Nepali Congress’ Bhuwan Prasad Shrestha got 14,434 votes. Nepali Communist Party’s Shriram Mahat secured 3,081 votes.
RSP candidate Maharjan wins HoR polls from Lalitpur-1
Buddha Ratna Maharjan, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate for the House of Representatives (HoR) elections from Lalitpur-1, has emerged victorious with 23,373 votes.
According to Election Officer Isha Subedi, the RSP candidate won the election against his nearest competitor Uday Shumsher Rana by 9,853 votes.
Rana finished the competition with 13,520.
Likewise, Chetnath Sanjel, the candidate of Nepali Communist Party (NCP), obtained 6,546 votes.
Out of 77,737 voters here, a total of 52,632 votes were cast. Among them, 2049 were declared invalid.
A total of 28 candidates including independents were in the race for the HoR polls from Lalitpur-1.
