NAWALPUR: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Bikram Khanal has been elected a member of the House of Representatives in Nawalparasi West-1.

According to the final count announced this morning, he was elected by securing 45,241 votes. His nearest rival was Nepali Congress candidate Binod Kumar Chaudhary, who lost by a margin of 35,739 votes. Chaudhary received 9,502 votes.

CPN (UML) candidate Ram Prasad Pandey received 7,956 votes and Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal’s Hridayesh Tripathi received 7,832 votes, according to the Office of the Returning Officer.