SINDHULI, Nov 23: The Maoist Center has registered its first win in the House of Representatives elections from Sindhuli.
Lekhnath Dahal (Rajan) of the Maoist Center, who became a candidate on behalf of the ruling coalition in Sindhuli Constituency No. 2, has won with 27,517 votes.
Photographs of Sindhuli on display
His closest rival Manoj Jang Thapa of the CPN-UML got 21,687 votes. After being elected, a victory rally was taken out in Sindhuli Constituency No. 2 on behalf of the alliance.
The Left-Democratic Alliance has won the provincial assembly seats (a) and (b) of Sindhuli-2.
Similarly, in the provincial assembly seat 2 (b), Ganga Narayan Shrestha, a leader close to Baburam Bhattarai has won by securing 13,001 votes. His nearest rival Ramkumar Paudel of the CPN-UML got 9,789 votes.
