There were 51,916 votes casted during 2008 Constituent Assembly elections in Jhapa District, Constituency No. 5. The candidte of Nepali Congress Party - Keshav Kumar Budhathoki secured 16,466 (31.72%) votes and secured victory in the election. The runner-up candidate was Harka Bahadur Khadka of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) who secured 15,548 (29.95%) votes and came in second position. The difference in votes of Keshav Kumar Budhathoki and Harka Bahadur Khadka was 918. All other candidates secured 19,902 (38.34%) votes.
As illustrated in the pie-chart above, the candidates who lost the election secured 35,450 (68.28%) votes as compared to votes secured by elected candidate Keshav Kumar Budhathoki, which was 16,466 (31.72%) votes.
Detailed Election Results are illustrated in the table below:
| Rank | Name | Political Party | Gender | Age | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keshav Kumar Budhathoki | Nepali Congress Party | N/A | N/A | 16,466 | 31.72% |
| 2 | Harka Bahadur Khadka | Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) | N/A | N/A | 15,548 | 29.95% |
| 3 | Tarasam Yanga | Nepal Communist Party (Unified Marxist-Leninist) | N/A | N/A | 13,247 | 25.52% |
| 4 | Surya Narayan Ganesh | SP | N/A | N/A | 6,655 | 12.82% |
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.