UML's Nembang leads by nearly 5,000 votes in Ilam-2

Setopati

Kathmandu, April 29

Suhang Nembang of CPN-UML has taken a lead of nearly 5,000 votes in the House of Representatives constituency of Ilam-2.

Nembang has secured 13,900 of the 34,026 valid votes counted so far. He has a lead of 4,986 votes over Nepali Congress candidate Dambar Bahadur Khadka, who has received 8,914 votes.

Independent candidate Dakendra Singh Thegim Limbu is third with 8,285 votes, while Milan Limbu of Rastriya Swatantra Party is far behind in fourth with 1,945 votes.

Votes from all wards of Phakphokthum, Chulachuli and Mangsebung rural municipalities and wards 6, 7 and 8 of Mai Municipality have been counted so far. Vote counting of Deumai Municipality is in progress.

A total of 69,287 votes were cast in the Ilam-2 by-election held on Saturday. There are 115,889 voters in the constituency.

Subash Nembang of UML was elected from Ilam-2 in November 2022 defeating NC’s Khadka by a slim margin. Nembang received 30,020 votes while Khadka received 29,906 votes. Khadka was the ruling coalition’s common candidate then.