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RSP’s Rajiv Khatri defeats Mahesh Basnet in Bhaktapur-2



KATHMANDU: Rajiv Khatri of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has been elected from Bhaktapur-2 in the House of Representatives election in Nepal.

Khatri secured 31,338 votes, defeating Mahesh Basnet of the CPN-UML party, who received 10,996 votes.

Kabir Rana of the Nepali Congress finished third with 8,401 votes.

With this result, Basnet has faced defeat in Bhaktapur-2 for the second consecutive election.

Publish Date : 07 March 2026 14:15 PM

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