CPN (Maoist Centre) Secretary and Minister for Education Devendra Poudel has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Baglung constituency-2. Poudel was elected HoR member for the second time, defeating Manju Sharma of CPN-UML by 4,599 votes. Poudel received 24,779 votes this time. Earlier, in 2074 BS election, he had secured 28,827 votes.