He received 54,402 votes. Lamichhane's rival, Min Kumari Kharel of the Nepali Congress, received 14,564 votes.
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Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSWP) Central President Ravi Lamichhane was elected to the House of Representatives from Chitwan-2 on Saturday. He secured 54,402 votes. Lamichhane's rival Min Kumari Kharel of the Nepali Congress secured 14,564 votes. UML's Asmin Ghimire secured 6,942 votes and Nepali Communist Party (NCP)'s Pratap Gurung secured 4,969 votes. Lamichhane was elected as an MP from this constituency for the first time in the 2079 BS election. When a by-election was held in this constituency, Lamichhane emerged as the candidate and won. This is Lamichhane's third victory from Chitwan-2 in three years. Lamichhane had won in the 2079 BS election by securing 49,300 votes. His closest rival, Umesh Shrestha of the Nepali Congress, got 14,988 votes and Krishna Bhakta Pokharel, who came in third, got 14,652 votes. Lamichhane also became the Home Minister after being elected.
The Supreme Court had revoked Lamichhane's MP post in Magh 2079, holding that he had not completed the process of relinquishing his US citizenship and re-acquiring Nepali citizenship. Then a by-election was held in Chitwan-2. After completing the process and acquiring citizenship, Lamichhane became a candidate in the by-election. In the by-election held in Baisakh 2080, Lamichhane won by getting 54,176 votes, even more than before.
At that time, his closest rival, Jeet Narayan Shrestha of the Nepali Congress, got 11,214 votes and Ram Prasad Neupane of the UML, who came in third, got 10,936 votes. Then, on 2081 Poush 7, after a case of cooperative fraud, organized crime and money laundering was registered, Lamichhane's position was suspended. While he was suspended, the Genji movement took place on Bhadra 23 and 24.
Due to which the then Prime Minister KP Oli resigned. The government formed after that dissolved the parliament, saying that it was in accordance with the spirit of the Genji movement. Due to which this election was held on Falgun 21.
