Who was defeated by the old party office-bearers?

लगानी न्यूज

२४ फाल्गुन २०८२, आईतवार १८:०७March 8, 2026

. The process of declaring the results of the House of Representatives election held on March 4 is in the final stage.

Voting was held for 165 first-past-the-post constituencies and 110 seats under proportional representation.TAG_OPEN_div_54 The election was held after the Sushila Karki-led interim government was dissolved after the dissolution of the House of Representatives.

TAG_OPEN_div_52 In this election, there is a wave of people across the country in favor of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The then mayor of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Balendra Shah (Balen), was fielded as the party’s senior leader and candidate for the post of Prime Minister.

Likewise, most TAG_OPEN_div_50 of the top leaders including the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Nepali Communist Party (NCP), Rastriya Prajatantra Party and most of the top leaders were defeated in this election.

According to the latest count of the Election Commission, almost two-thirds of the votes have been cast in favor of the RSP in the direct and proportional representation category.TAG_OPEN_div_48 As of the time of filing this report, the RSP has won in 119 of the 165 constituencies under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) category.

Similarly, under the proportional representation category, the Rastriya Janajatantra Party (RSP) has garnered 22,TAG_OPEN_div_46 39,870 votes.

Similarly, under the FPTP category, NC has won 17 seats, UML in seven, NCP in seven, Labour and Culture Party in three and RPP in one seat.TAG_OPEN_div_44

Who was the top leader?

The Congress, which has a long parliamentary practice and is the largest party in the previous House of Representatives, is lagging far behind in this election.TAG_OPEN_div_40 NC President Gagan Kumar Thapa, general secretaries Pradip Poudel and Gururaj Ghimire, joint general secretaries Farmullah Mansoor, Uday Shumsher Rana and Prakash Rasaili Snehi were defeated in the by-election.

Senior leaders Dr Shekhar Koirala, Bimalendra Nidhi, Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar, NP Saud and Mahalaxmi Upadhyay ‘Dina’ were also defeated.TAG_OPEN_div_38

Similarly, UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, Vice-chairpersons Gokarna Bista, Prithvi Subba Gurung, Bishnu Prasad Poudel, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, Deputy General Secretary Raghubir Mahaseth, Lekhraj Bhatta, Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, Sherdhan Rai, Mahesh Basnet and Dr Rajan Bhattarai were defeated.TAG_OPEN_div_36

Senior leaders Ishwor Pokharel, Devraj Ghimire and Pradeep Kumar Gyawali were also defeated.TAG_OPEN_div_34

Coordinator of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has been elected as the winner.TAG_OPEN_div_32 Madhav Kumar Nepal, senior leaders Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Bhim Rawal, Mahendra Raya Yadav, Rajendra Prasad Pandey and Shakti Basnet were also defeated.

Similarly, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden, senior vice-chairman Rabindra Mishra and senior leader Kamal Thapa were also defeated.TAG_OPEN_div_30 KATHMANDU: The Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, which has been dominating the party since 2048 BS, will also pull out of the parliamentary journey in this election. None of the candidates, including party leader Prem Suwal, could succeed in the election.

The Madhes-based parties and their top leaders that emerged after the Madhes movement of 2064 BS have also been defeated in this election.TAG_OPEN_div_28 Likewise, Upendra Yadav, Rastriya Mukti Party Nepal Chairman Rajendra Mahato, Janamat Party Chairman CK Raut and Aam Janata Party Chairman Prabhu Sah were among the top leaders who lost the election.