Dr Baburam Bhattarai defeats Narayan Kaji Shrestha in Gorkha-2

GORKHA, Dec 9: Naya Shakti Party coordinator Dr Baburam Bhattarai has defeated CPN (Maoist Center)’s prominent leader and left alliance candidate Narayan Kaji Shrestha to secure a parliamentary seat from Gorkha constituency-2. Bhattari secured 31,807 votes while Shrestha only garnered 24,933 votes. Total vote cast was 60117 in the constituency.