Bajura, March 8 -- Janak Giri of the Nepali Congress has been elected to the House of Representatives from Bajura.

Giri secured 17,173 votes, defeating Lal Bahadur Thapa of the CPN-UML, who received 16,633 votes.

Hemraj Thapa of the Rastriya Swatantra Party came third with 6,035 votes.

Prakash Shah of the Nepali Communist Party finished fourth, securing 3,424 votes.

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