Himal Press 
KATHMANDU: The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has swept all 15 House of Representatives seats in three districts of Kathmandu Valley, dealing a major electoral blow to the CPN-UML and Nepali Congress (NC), which had long dominated the valley’s politics.
The valley comprises 10 constituencies in Kathmandu, three in Lalitpur, and two in Bhaktapur. In most elections since 1991, the CPN-UML had maintained a strong presence across these districts.
However, the support bases of these two parties had started to erode in 2022 itself. In the previous general elections, UML won only two seats in the Valley, while NC won six, one each in Lalitpur and Bhaktapur and four in Kathmandu.
According to the final results of the first-past-the-post (FPTP) vote count, RSP candidates secured victories in all constituencies in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur. Among them, Shishir Khanal from Kathmandu-6, Ganesh Parajuli from Kathmandu-7, Biraj Bhakta Shrestha from Kathmandu-8, and Tosima Karki from Lalitpur-3 were re-elected for a second consecutive term, having also won the 2022 elections.
KATHMANDU
In Kathmandu-1, RSP’s Ranju Darshana defeated Prabal Thapa of the NC. Darshana received 15,455 votes, compared to Thapa’s 6,364.
In Kathmandu-2, Sunil KC of the RSP secured 34,238 votes and defeated NC candidate Kabir Sharma.
In Kathmandu-3, Rajunath Pandey, who received 18,756 votes, defeated Kulman Ghising of the Ujyalo Nepal Party.
In Kathmandu-4, RSP’s Pukar Bam defeated NC candidate Sachin Timilsena. He received 29,142 votes.
In Kathmandu-5, Sasmita Pokharel secured 30,737 votes to defeat NC’s Pradeep Paudel.
In Kathmandu-6, Shishir Khanal was re-elected with 27,719 votes. He defeated NC’s Krishna Sabuj Baniya.
In Kathmandu-7, Ganesh Parajuli also secured a second term with 27,805 votes by defeating Pramod Hari Guragai of the NC.
In Kathmandu-8, Biraj Bhakta Shrestha won with 24,592 votes, defeating Suman Sayami of the Nepali Communist Party (NCP).
RSP Vice President Dol Prasad Aryal was elected from Kathmandu 9. He got 35,093 votes and defeated NC’s Nanumaiya Bastola.
In Kathmandu-10, Pradeep Bista secured victory with 37,469 votes. He defeated Himal Karki of the NC.
LALITPUR
In Lalitpur-1, Buddha Ratna Maharjan of the RSP defeated NC’s Udaya Shumsher Rana. He polled 23,373 votes.
In Lalitpur-2, although the final counting results have not been declared, Jagdish Kharel of RSP is leading NC’s Prem Krishna Maharjan by an unassailable 30,000 votes.
In Lalitpur-3, Tosima Karki won a second term with 43,096 votes. She defeated NC’s Jitendra Kumar Shrestha.
BHAKTAPUR
In Bhaktapur-1, RSP’s Rukesh Ranjit defeated veteran leader Prem Suwal of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP). He received 33,436 votes compared to Shrestha’s 28,147. This marks the first time since the 1990 democratic movement that the NWPP has lost a parliamentary election in the constituency.
In Bhaktapur-2, Rajiv Khatri of the RSP secured 42,334 votes. He defeated UML Secretary Mahesh Basnet who received 10,996 votes.
Across the valley, NC candidates finished as runner-up in eight Kathmandu constituencies and all three Lalitpur constituencies, while the UML emerged as runner-up only in Bhaktapur-2.
