JOMSOM: Namdu Gurung of Nepali Congress (NC) has been elected in Mustang (A) in Gandaki Province Assembly.

Namdu got 1,048 votes and was elected to the province assembly. His competitor Indradhara Bista of UML got 793 votes. They have the difference of 255 votes.

Namdu was previously defeated as the ward chairman of ward number 4 of Lomanthang Rural Municipality in the local elections.

At this time, while he got 99 votes, UML’s Chhiring Dhindu Gurung got 126 votes.

NC candidate Yogesh Gauchan has already won for the post of House of Representatives member in Mustang. The counting of votes for the Province Assembly (B) is going on