 In the CA election 2008, he received 17,448 votes to register victory against his closest contender Keshav Thapa (NC), who had 14,044 votes to his name.Harka Bahadur Lawati (UCPN-Maoist) collected 8,916 votes to remain third from the constituency.He again contested and won from Ilam-2 in the CA election 2013.