Kathmandu: Binod Kumar Chaudhary has been elected the Member of the House of Representatives (HoR), the lower house of the federal parliament, from Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta West)-1.
Chaudhary, the only Nepali entrepreneur on the Forbes billionaire list, secured 29,495 votes, defeating his closest rival Hridayesh Tripathi, a candidate of Janata Pragatisheel Party, by a margin of 7,178 votes.
Tripathi got 22,308 votes, informed Sujata Khatri, the District Election Officer. Likewise, Mahendra Sen Thakuri of Rastriya Swatantra Party garnered 12,599 votes and Gulab Prasad Chaudhary of Janamat Party got 5,944.
Chaudhary became a Member of Parliament in the first Constituent Assembly Election in 2064 BS and the parliamentary election of 2074 BS from the proportional representation quota.
He was picked as MP in 2064 BS by CPN (UML) and by the Nepali Congress in 2074 BS elections.
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