KAILALI: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Dilli Raj Pant has been elected to the House of Representatives from Kailali-5.

He defeated Naradamuni Rana, CPN-UML’s candidate for the post of member of the House of Representatives by 1,071 votes.

Pant garnered 21,389 votes while his closest contender Rana has got 20,318 votes.