10 Dec, Ilam : CPN (UML)’s senior leader and former Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal won a Ilam constituency parliamentary seat with a wide margin of vote. Khanal received 36,807 votes, while his nearest contender Nepali Congress’s Bhupendra Kattel 19,637 votes.
Likewise, UML’s Kajiman Kagate claimed Ilam 2 (B) Provincial Assembly seat with 17,986 votes. His closest rival Nepali Congress’s Durga Baral garnered 10,021 votes