MAHENDRANAGAR: Padam Bahadur Bista has been elected district president of the Rastriya Swatantra Party in Kanchanpur by securing 197 votes in the election held under the first district convention of the party.

In the voting, he defeated his rival Nabin Bahadur Chand who secured 61 votes. Prior to this, Bista had also been serving the RSP district president for Kanchanpur.

Bhagarathi Badal was elected unopposed as vice-president, while Rakesh Bahadur Chand, defeated Ramdatta Bhatta to win the election held for the post of secretary. Chand secured 195 votes, while Bhatta got 55. Yagyaraj Joshi was elected on unopposed as joint-secretary.

According to the election committee, in the election held for the president of electoral constituency-3, Ambadatta Joshi obtained 126 votes to defeat his competitor Karna Bahadur Chand who garnered 72.

Meanwhile, the first district convention of the party concluded in Chitwan, electing a new working committee under the leadership engineer Minimadhav Khanal. In the election, Khanal secured 222 votes against 111, secured by his closest rival, Krishna Prasad Bushual, while the third contender, Prakash Acharya, obtained 22 votes.

Prior to this, the RSP district leadership here had been held by Bhusal.

Similarly, Nirmala Giri won the election held for the post of vice-president with 190 votes, while her rival Tikadatta Itani, got 84 votes.

Tejendra Prasad Paudel emerged victorious in the election for secretary, securing 194 votes against 145 obtained by his competitor Netra Lamichhane. Kushal Pathak was elected as joint-secretary with 187 votes, defeating rival Parbati Pandey, who obtained 69 votes.