KATHMANDU, Nov 24: Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chairman Rajendra Lingden has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Jhapa-3.
Lingden was elected as a HoR member with 40,648 votes. His closest rival Krishna Prasad Sitaula of Nepali Congress received 37,372 votes.
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Lingden was supported by CPN-UML while Sitaula was supported by the ruling coalition parties.