Nepal, Jan. 25 -- Three candidates of the ruling coalition emerged victorious in Thursday's National Assembly election in Gandaki Province.

Kiran Babu Shrestha and Padam Bahadur Pariyar of the Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre)'s Manarupa Sharma secured upper house seats.

Shrestha garnered 3,808 votes, securing victory over CPN-UML's Chakra Bahadur Parajuli who managed 2,477 votes.

Likewise, Pariyar, who contested under the disabled/minority cluster, garnered 3,779 votes. His competitor, Hemendra Sherchan of the UML, got just 2,458 votes.

Under the woman cluster, Sharma secured 3,660 votes while 2,553 votes were cast in UML's Samjhana Devkota's favour.

A total of 6,140 votes were cast in Gandaki Province.

Eight candidates-three...