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contested three constituencies (No. 52 (Bara Parsa, Central North), constituency No. 53 (Bara, East Parsa) and constituency No. 91 (Gulmi, South-West)) and won them all. Another Nepal
Congress leader
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was defeated in Palpa
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786 candidates competed for 109 seats in the House of
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List of MPs elected in the 1959 Nepalese general election
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1280:(in Nepali). Bhattarai Bandhu Prakashan. p. 111.
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