Dhanraj Gurung elected HoR Member from Syangja-2

December 4, Kathmandu: Nepali Congress (NC) candidate of House of Representative (HoR) election from Syangja constituency no. 2 Dhanraj Gurung has won the election by defeating his nearest rival Padma Kumari Aryal of the CPN (UML).

Gurung won the election with a margin of 5,627.

In the vote counts completed on Saturday evening, NC’s Gurung got 31,466 votes while UML’s Aryal got 25,839 votes, Returning Officer Ram Chandra Sharma said.

Likewise, Tikraj Gurung of Rastriya Swatantra Party secured 8,113 votes.

Counting of the votes in Syangja constituency no. 2 was delayed due to alleged electoral fraud in Chapakot Municipality of the constituency.