Nepali Congress candidate Santosh Subba has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Tehrathum in the parliamentary election. According to the Office of the Election Officer, Subba secured 11,561 votes, defeating his closest rival Bhanubhakta Dhakal of the CPN-UML, who received 10,682 votes.
Subba won the constituency by a margin of 879 votes. With this victory, the Nepali Congress has secured five seats so far in the House of Representatives. The party had earlier won seats in Manang, Mustang, Rasuwa and Dailekh-1.
The Office of the Election Officer is preparing to formally announce the final result.
