Nepali Congress General Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma has won the election to member of the House of Representatives from Jhapa-1. He won the election with a wide margin of 14,275 votes. Sharma secured 39,624 votes while his nearest contender Agni Kharel of CPN- UML got 25, 3 49 votes, according to election officer Tanka Bahadur Mahat.

Kharel is a UML standing committee member.