Kathmandu, Jan. 26 -- Krishna Prasad Sitaula, a former general secretary of Nepali Congress, was the most talked about candidate in the National Assembly elections on Thursday as he contested a seat from Koshi Province.

A ruling coalition candidate, Sitaula's contender was Rastriya Prajatantra Party's Uddhav Paudel, who had the backing of the main opposition CPN-UML.

Without a big gap in the expected number of votes between the ruling coalition and the opposition UML-RPP alliance, a tough contest between the two sides was anticipated. The count on Thursday proved it.

In the other upper house seat to be filled from the Koshi election, UML's Rukmini Koirala competed against Champa Karki of the CPN (Maoist Centre), a coalition candidate....