Suhang Nembang of CPN-UML overwhelmingly won by-election held in Ilam-2 conducted by the Election Commission on Saturday. He seems to be one of the youngest person to win the by-election among the other lawmakers of the other major political parties.
As
per the vote count results updated by the commission, Nembang won the
House of Representatives seat by garnering 27,772 votes while his
closest rival Dambar Bahadur Khadka of the Nepali Congress secured
21,942 votes. He managed to garner 5830 more votes than the NC candidate.
It remains to be seen how the UML uses his this victory and law background in the days to come.