DEVDAHA: Mahendra Prasad Upadhyay has been elected district president of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Rupandehi.

The party’s first district convention, that concluded on Sunday,at Manigram of Tilottama municipality-5, elected the district leadership headed by Upadhyay, who defeated his rival Ashish Neupane by 153 votes. He secured votes, while Neupane received 143.

Similarly, the convention elected Durga Prasad Aryal as vice-president with 238 votes against rival Rachana Chhetri’s 189. Gyanendra Pandey was elected secretary with 237 votes, while his competitor Mohan Bikram GC secured 203.

Babural Aryal secured 279 to emerge victorious in the election for the post of joint-secretary, while his competitor Prem Narayan Tiwari garnered 148.

The new working committee comprises Sharmila Acharya (322), Anita Panthi (267), Jamuna Sapkota (60), Ramjan Harijan (172) and Raj Bahadur Chhetri (240) as its members.

According to the election committee, Khadananda Paudel has been elected coordinator for constituency-1, Bishnu Prasad Paudel for constituency-2, Chhabilal Sharma for constituency 3, Bishwanath Sharma for constituency-4, and Sheshkant Gaire ( Samir) for constituency-5.