NC candidate Santosh Subba wins HoR seat in Terhathum

By Kabiraj Ghimire, Hile, March 7: Santosh Subba of the Nepali Congress has been elected as a Member of the House of Representatives from Terhathum.

Subba secured victory by defeating Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal of the CPN-UML by a margin of 879 votes. Subba received a total of 11,561 votes, while Dhakal obtained 10,682 votes.

Similarly, Surendra Karki of the Rastriya Swatantra Party secured 7,737 votes, and Subindra Kumar Limbu of the Shram Sanskriti Party received 5,200 votes, according to Chief Election Officer Dil Kumar Bardeva.

The 48-year-old Subba is a resident of Myanglung Municipality. In the 2022 provincial assembly election, he had been defeated by CPN-UML candidate Kishor Chandra Dulal.