Kanchanpur: Out of 19 candidates for the House of Representatives (HoR) election in Kanchanpur constituency-2, 15 have lost their deposits after failing to secure minimum votes.
According to National News Agency Nepal, Election Officer Prkash Bahadur Bhandari stated that the HoR Elections Act-2074 BS mandates the confiscation of deposits of an election candidate who fails to secure 10 percent of the total valid votes. As per the provision, 11 candidates from various political parties and four independent candidates have lost their deposits.
The candidates who lost their deposits include Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP)’s Tirtha Raj Chautaut with 1,993 votes, Janamat Party’s Ramchandra Bhatta with 125 votes, Sitaram Rana of Nepal Workers and Peasants’ Party with 72 votes, and Ram Bahadur Karki of Rastriya Janamorcha with 195 votes. Others include Dharmananda Joshi of Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party with 195 votes, Khadak Tamrakar of Samyukta Nagarik Party with 143 votes, Tej Bahadur Badawal of Miteri Party Nepal with 18 votes, and Lokendra Bahadur BK of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) with 143 votes.
Additionally, Yogendra Bahadur Saud of Ujyalo Party Nepal received 93 votes, Premawati Rana of Nagarik Unmukti Party Nepal got 560 votes, and Jaggu Chaudhary of Aam Janata Party secured 37 votes. Independent candidates Birendra Rana with 81 votes, Bhanubhakta Bohara with 26 votes, Siddharaj Joshi with 19 votes, and Harish Bahadur Bhatta with 44 votes also lost their deposits.
In contrast, Deepak Raj Bohora of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won the election with 33,952 votes. His nearest competitor, Narayan Prasad Saud, secured 10,827 votes, followed by CPN (UML) candidate Bachan Bahadur Singh with 6,418 votes. Nepali Communist Party (NCP) candidate Madhav Pant received 6,337 votes.
Out of a total of 65,347 votes cast in the constituency, 4,230 were declared invalid, as reported by the Election Officer’s Office.