The former police chief defeated the former home minister.

RPP’s Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan won in Nawalparasi 2.

 Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) candidate Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan has won from west Nawalparasi 2. Former IGP and Pradhan, who is also the central vice-chairman of RPP, won by getting 34 thousand 959 votes. His closest rival, former Home Minister Devendraraj Kandel, got 19,594 votes.