Balendra Shah Scores Landslide in Jhapa-5, Defeats Former PM Oli

Senior leader of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Balendra Shah has been elected the House of Representatives (HoR) Member from Jhapa constituency no. 5.

Shah won the poll by defeating former prime minister and CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli with a wide margin.

According to the Office of the Returning Officer, Balendra Shah secured 68,348 votes, while Oli managed 18,734 votes.

In the vote counts completed this evening, Samir Tamang of Shram Sanskriti Party got 9,233 votes, while Mandhara Chimariya of Nepali Congress secured 1,821 votes and Laxmi Prasad Sangraula of Rastriya Prajatantra Party got 1,536 votes.

Of the total 163,379 voters, 106,568 voters cast their votes in the election happened on March 5.