Nepal, March 6 -- In Kathmandu Constituency No. 1, Ranju Darshana Neupane of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) secured victory with more than double the votes of her nearest rival. She received 15,455 votes, while her closest competitor, Prabal Thapa of the Nepali Congress, obtained 6,364 votes.

Rabindra Mishra of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) received 3,972 votes.

Out of 48,489 registered voters in the constituency, approximately 28,000 cast their ballots. To retain their security deposit, candidates needed at least 10 percent of the total valid votes-roughly 2,800 votes.

As a result, 26 candidates, including the CPN-UML nominee, are set to forfeit their deposits.

CPN-UML candidate Mohan Raj Regmi received 1,618 votes. He, al...