NC's Limbu wins HoR seat from Morang-1

Urlabari, Nov 27: Nepali Congress candidate Dig Bahadur Limbu has been elected a member of the House of Representatives (HoR) from Morang constituency-1. He received 25,794 votes.     

Limbu's closest rival Ghanshyam Khatiwada obtained 25,469 votes. Katiwada had defeated Limbu in the 2017 HoR election as well.     

Similarly, Umakanta Gautam of the CPN (UML) has been elected a member of the Province Assembly from Morang-1 (1). He garnered 13,531 votes. Gautam's closest rival Kushal Samba of the CPN (Maoist Centre) got 10,004 votes.     

Likewise, Khadga Bahadur Basnet of the CPN (UML) won the election to a member of the Province Assembly from Morang-1 (2). Basnet defeated his closest rival Upendra Prasad Ghimire of CPN (Unified Socialist), the common candidate of the left-democratic alliance, by 676 votes.     

Basnet got 14,539 votes while Ghimire received 13,863. (RSS)