10 Dec, Jitpur, Kapilvastu : CPN (UML)’s Brijesh Kumar Gupta representing the left alliance won a Kapilvastu constituency 2 seat in Parliament. He received 35,147 votes, while his nearest contender Nepali Congress’s Surendra Raj Acharya 31,566 votes.
Likewise, NC’s Birendra Kumar Kanodiya claimed a Kapilvastu 3 (B) Provincial Assembly seat by defeating his nearest rival CPN (Maoist Centre)’s Jabed Alam Khan. Kanodiya garnered 6,679 votes, while Khan 6,307 votes.
