There were 37,838 votes casted during 2008 Constituent Assembly elections in Rupandehi District, Constituency No. 5. The candidte of Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) - Ramnath Dhakal secured 11,080 (29.28%) votes and secured victory in the election. The runner-up candidate was Basanta Kumar Shrestha of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) who secured 10,785 (28.50%) votes and came in second position. The difference in votes of Ramnath Dhakal and Basanta Kumar Shrestha was 295. All other candidates secured 15,973 (42.21%) votes.
As illustrated in the pie-chart above, the candidates who lost the election secured 26,758 (70.72%) votes as compared to votes secured by elected candidate Ramnath Dhakal, which was 11,080 (29.28%) votes.
Detailed Election Results are illustrated in the table below:
| Rank | Name | Political Party | Gender | Age | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramnath Dhakal | Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | N/A | N/A | 11,080 | 29.28% |
| 2 | Basanta Kumar Shrestha | Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) | N/A | N/A | 10,785 | 28.50% |
| 3 | Bharat Kumar Shah | Nepali Congress Party | N/A | N/A | 8,920 | 23.57% |
| 4 | Mohan Lal Yadav | MPRF | N/A | N/A | 4,443 | 11.74% |
| 5 | Rangilal Lodh | NSPA | N/A | N/A | 2,610 | 6.90% |
Please, note that details candidates who contested in the election may not be available due to lack of election data. If you found N/A in the table above in any column, that means the information is not available at present. If the age of a candidate is given in the table, that should be considered as the age of candidate at the time of filing nomination for the election, but not the current age.