DHANUSHA: Matrika Prasad Yadav of Nepali Communist Party (NCP) has won the election to the House of Representatives (HoR) from Dhanusha constituency no. 1.
According to the Election Commission (EC), Yadav won the seat by securing 10,428 votes, while Yadav’s nearest rival Rampaltan Sah of Nepali Congress obtained 9,485 votes.
Ramchandra Mandal of CPN (UML) secured 9,220 votes in the HoR election held on March 5. The result of Dhanusha-1 was announced on Monday after a meeting of the EC directed the Office of the Returning Officer for the same.
Earlier, the EC had scrapped the candidacy of Kishori Sah, the candidate of Rastriya Swatantra Party, for being on a blacklist.
The case is in the Supreme Court (SC) now. The SC on Monday directed the EC to appear on March 10 with the file regarding the cancellation of Sah’s candidacy.
