Maoist candidate Santosh Budhamagar elected CA member from Rolpa

April 11, 2009
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The Unified CPN (Maoist) candidate Santosh Budhamagar has been elected CA member from Rolpa 2 by securing 19933 votes.

His nearest rival Hari Prasad Gharti secured 6133 votes. Nepali Congress candidate Gangaram Dangi fared third with 4791 votes.

Prime Minister and chairman of the Maoist Pushpa Kamal Dahal had won from this constituency in the CA elections last year.

With this the Maoists have won three seats in the recent by-elections for six vacant CA seats. UML, NC and MJF won one each.

Vote counting had been stalled throughout the day Saturday due to a feud between the contending parties. The counting started after they reached an agreement Saturday evening. nepalnews.com Apr 11 09