Manang, March 6: Nepali Congress candidate Tek Bahadur Gurung has been elected to the House of Representatives from Manang District, securing 2,415 votes.
According to Chief Election Officer Ram Prasad Poudel, Gurung maintained the lead from the beginning of the vote count and won the election.
His closest rival, Yashoda Subedi Gurung of the Communist Party of Nepal, received 454 votes. Meanwhile, Ram Bahadur Gurung (Nabin) of the Mongol National Organization secured nine votes.
Vote counting began after ballot boxes from five polling centers in Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality were airlifted by a helicopter of the Nepal Army to the counting center on Friday.
Voter turnout in Manang stood at 54.80 percent. Out of 7,000 registered voters, 2,923 votes were cast, with 45 votes declared invalid, according to District Election Officer Jeevan Kunwar. Voting was conducted through 29 polling centers, including temporary ones.
