Fikkal, April 30: Rastriya
Swatantra Party (RSP) candidate Milan Limbu and 15 others lost their guarantees
after they failed to collect minimum (10 percent) of the total valid votes in
the April 27 by-election held in Ilam-2.
The Election Commission issued the
final result of the by-election this morning which showed Limbu got total 5,050
votes, thereby failing to recover guarantee.
According to the EC, those
collecting less than 6,847 votes (10 of the total valid vote) are 10 political
party candidates and six independent ones. Limbu was in the fourth
position.
Similarly, those to lose the
guarantee are Laxmi Gurung of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Jit Bahadur Rai of
CPN (Unified Socialist), Prem Kumar Thamsuhang of Janamat Party, Shyam Bahadur
Darji of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, Mani Bahadur Limbu of Mangol
National Organization, Dhanraj Ranamagar, Jayant Bikram Shah of Rastriya Mukti
Andolan Nepal, Ganesh Bahadur Chauhan of RPP Nepal, and Resham Bahadur Sunar
Nepali of Nepali Janata Dal. The independent candidates are- Dak Prasad Gautam,
Manoj Niraula, Arjun Kumar Shahi, Dipesh Bohora, Yogendra Gurung and Raj
Basyal.
According to the EC press
statement, clause 71 of the House of Representatives Act, 2074 has stipulated
that the election candidates failing to cross 10 percent vote ceiling of valid
votes will have their deposits seized. (RSS)