Ilam, March 9 -- In the House of Representatives election, Nischal Rai of the Nepali Congress has been elected from Ilam-1.

Rai defeated Vinod Nembang Limbu of the Shram Sanskriti Party by 911 votes, securing 14,543 votes compared to Limbu's 13,632 votes.

In third place, Kajiman Kagate of the CPN-UML received 11,966 votes, while Bimal Gadal of the Rastriya Swatantra Party secured 9,160 votes, according to the Election Commission.

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