NC’s Rajendra Bajgain elected from Gorkha 1 with a wide margin

Rajendra Bajgain of Nepali Congress, a candidate of the House of Representatives (HoR) from Gorkha constituency 1 emerged victorious with a wide margin.

In the latest voting results, Bajgain received 33,428 votes. His closest rival Ram Sharan Basnet of CPN-UML got 16,785 votes.

Bajgain defeated UML’s Basnet by a wide margin of 16,643 votes.

Bajgain had contested the election on behalf of the ruling alliance. He is also internationally known as a successful tourism businessman.

Entrepreneur Bajgain with Sir Edmund Hillary, the first climber of Mount Everest

In the election of 2074, Bajgain from Nepali Congress lost with the same Basnet from the Gorkha-1 Provincial Assembly(B). At that time Basnet was the candidate of the UML and Maoists alliance.

Gorkha Encounters of Rajendra Bajgain is world-renowned for climbing, trail identification, and adventure tourism.