Dilli Prasad Upreti
Electoral history
Electoral history
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### [2017 Nepalese provincial elections](/wiki/2017_Nepalese_provincial_elections "2017 Nepalese provincial elections")

| Party | | Candidate | Votes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | [CPN (Unified Marxist\-Leninist)](/wiki/CPN_%28Unified_Marxist-Leninist%29 "CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)") | Dilli Prasad Upreti | 20,246 |
|  | [Nepali Congress](/wiki/Nepali_Congress "Nepali Congress") | Kapil Muni Mailali | 7,050 |
|  | [Rastriya Janata Party Nepal](/wiki/Rastriya_Janata_Party_Nepal "Rastriya Janata Party Nepal") | Kusum Kumar Mahato | 5,958 |
|  | Others | | 1,323 |
| Invalid votes | | | 1,508 |
| Result | | CPN (UML) gain | |
| Source: [Election Commission](https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx) | | | |


What are the potential consequences of invalid votes in an election?