Arun Kumar Chaudhary of the Nagarik Unmukti Part has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Kailali-2. He obtained 21, 871 votes against his nearest rival Jhapat Bahadur Rawal of the CPN-UML who garnered 16, 128 votes. According to election officer Tej Pratap Joshi, Chaudhary defeated Rawal by a margin of 5, 743 votes.