JSP Chairman Upendra Yadav elected HoR member from Bara-2

Janata Samajbadi Party Chairman Upendra Yadav has been elected as the member of the House of Representatives from Bara-2 on Wednesday. He defeated his closest contender Shiva Chandra Kushwaha of the Janamat Party by a margin of 5, 081 votes. Yadav secured 28, 415 votes while Kushwaha garnered 23, 334 votes.

Similarly, Purushottam Paudel of the CPN-UML received 10, 216 votes and Ramesh Kharel of the Rastriya Swatantra Party obtained 2, 829 votes.

Chief Election Officer Mukesh Upadhyay handed over the certificate to newly elected lawmaker Yadav at 1:45 am. Chief Minister Saroj Yadav and Chief District Officer Nawaraj Sapkota among others were present in the program. Yadav was defeated by CK Raut, Chairman of Janamat Party, in the Saptari-2 in the election to the Member of House of Representatives held on November 20, 2022. The HoR seat from Bara constituency 2 had fallen vacant after Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav of JSP was elected to the post of Vice President.