KASKI, Nov 24: CPN-UML's candidate Bidya Bhattarai has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Kaski-2. She won by securing 16,998 votes.
Her nearest rival, Madhav Prasad Kandel of the Rashtriya Swatantra Party got 12,495 votes.
Srinath Baral of CPN (United Socialist), who was a candidate from the ruling alliance, trailed behind Kandel with 9,659 votes.