Ain Mahar of CPN-UML has won the House of Representatives seat from Bajhang in his second attempt. He defeated Nepali Congress candidate Prakash Rasaili by 2,229 votes.

Mahar secured 18,533 votes, while Rasaili received 16,304 votes. Other candidates included Min Bahadur Kunwar of the Nepali Communist Party with 9,757 votes and Shailesh Kumar Singh of the RSP with 9,263 votes.

A total of 57,994 votes were cast in the constituency. Mahar’s victory marks the rise of his student politics and long-standing party work to the national level.