Vote counting has begun for the election held to select a member of the House of Representatives in Tanahun Constituency No. 2. The Office of the Chief Returning Officer started the counting process after completing the necessary legal and technical procedures. In this constituency, a contest is expected between the established traditional parties and the newly emerging political force.
The main contenders in this constituency are Nepali Congress candidate Shankar Bhandari, CPN-UML candidate Kedar Sigdel, and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Shriram Neupane. Since the parliamentary elections of 1991, CPN-UML has won five times and Nepali Congress has won twice in this constituency. However, this time the RSP has emerged as a major challenger. In the 2022 election, Nepali Congress candidate Bhandari was elected from this constituency, while the proportional vote difference between UML and Congress was very narrow. In the same election, the RSP also established itself as a strong third force.
Meanwhile, vote counting in Tanahun-1 has been underway since Friday morning. The counting for the House of Representatives election in Tanahun Constituency No. 1 began at 1:00 AM on Friday.
According to the preliminary results, Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Dr. Swarnim Wagle has received a significant number of votes. Out of 6,565 votes counted so far, Dr. Wagle has secured 2,928 votes. Nepali Congress candidate Govinda Bhattarai has received 1,657 votes, while CPN-UML candidate Bhagwati Neupane has secured 1,101 votes.
According to District Election Officer Bikash Lamsal, a total of 51.74 percent voter turnout was recorded in the election. The Election Office reported that 131,620 votes were cast in total, including 71,369 votes from women and 60,251 votes from men.
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