Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) senior leader Balendra Shah has been elected the House of Representatives (HoR) from Jhapa-5.

Shah won the poll by defeating former prime minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli by a wide margin. 

According to the Office of the Returning Officer, Balendra Shah secured 68,348 votes, while Oli managed 18,734 votes.

In the vote counts completed this evening, Samir Tamang of Shram Sanskriti Party got 9,233 votes, while Mandhara Chimariya of Nepali Congress secured 1,821 votes and Laxmi Prasad Sangraula of Rastriya Prajatantra Party got 1,536 votes. 

Of the total 163,379 voters, 106,568 voters cast their votes in the election on March 5.