National Assembly by-election to find Ram Bahadur Thapa’s successor on May 20
The Election Commission has announced that it is holding a by-election in the Bagmati province to elect one of the province's representative to the National Assembly, on May 20.
KATHMANDU, May 20: CPN-UML leader and Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal has lost the National Assembly by-election.
Thapa suffered the loss to Dr Khim Lal Devkota, the candidate fielded by an opposition alliance, in the by-election for the vacant post of National Assembly member from Bagmati Province, held on Thursday.
According to the final vote-count, Badal got 4014 votes while Khimlal got 5088 votes.
Provincial lawmakers and local government officials in the Bagmati province who are close to the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of the ruling CPN-UML are highly likely to vote against the party's official candidate Ram Bahadur Thapa in the National Assembly by-election to be held on May 20.
