Eight out of the 12 candidates for the House of Representatives from Myagdi have submitted their election expenditure details to the Election Commission. Among those details, the spending style of independent candidate Mahavir Pun and the support he received are the most different.

According to Pun's election representative Chitra Bahadur Tilija, well-wishers from home and abroad had deposited voluntary contributions of a minimum of Rs 100 and above in Pun's election account at the Teku branch of the Rastriya Banijya Bank, totaling Rs 5,434,900.

According to the details submitted to the Commission, Pun, who was praised for adopting a simple election campaign style, spent Rs 2,868,868 in the election. Even after spending in the election, Mahavir's account now has Rs 2,769,000 left.

It is probably a rare event in Nepali election history to make public the savings of the support raised for election expenses.

According to Tilija, who is also Pun's election coordinator, during the election campaign, locals provided food at many places, and in some places, migrants paid for food and accommodation directly, so the election support was saved.

'The plan is to establish a liaison secretariat for MP Pun in the district and spend it on the secretariat's staff management, water and electricity, and Masland.'

When Pun, who became an independent candidate, reached the villages during the election campaign, videos of locals donating a large amount of cash were posted live on social media by Mahavir Pun's page and members of his secretariat. Is that amount included in this income or not? It has not been clarified.

The election expenditure details of the candidates that have been made public show that a large portion was spent on vehicles and fuel due to geographical remoteness. After that, it has been seen that a large amount of expenditure was spent on food and accommodation. Although scenes of Mahavir Pun walking alone to campaign for the election were shown on social media, his jumbo team of 35-40 people was involved daily.

Mahavir's election expenditure details submitted to the Commission show that the highest amount of Rs 1.3 million 6,594 was spent on hotel accommodation and food. Similarly, Rs 670,000 was spent on vehicle repairs and fuel and Rs 370,000 on campaigning.

Pun's large expenditure details on food and accommodation indicate that a large number of volunteers from outside were systematically mobilized in his team.

After the expenditure details were heavily criticized, Pun's election representative Chitra Tilija has claimed in a status on the social media Facebook wall that the expenditure details submitted to the Election Commission are factual.

Similarly, UML candidate Harikrishna Shrestha has submitted a statement of expenditure of Rs 3.32 million. Shrestha's election expenses include Rs 650,000 for ward-level election campaigning, Rs 900,000 for transportation and fuel, and Rs 370,000 for food and drinks.

Karna Bahadur Bhandari of the Nepali Congress, who submitted an expense report of Rs 1,830,000, spent Rs 580,000 on vehicles and diesel, and Rs 470,000 on food and drinks.