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Vote counting completes in 726 out of 753 local levels

Kathmandu, 23 May : Counting of votes of the local election has been completed at 716 local levels as of late Sunday evening. Biratnagar is the first metropolis where the vote counting  completed.

Similarly, vote counting is completed in Dharan, Dhangadhi, Itahari, Hetauda, Butwal, Nepalgunj and Kalaiya sub-metropolitan cities, according to the information of the Election Commission.

According to our Dharan Reporters , independent candidate Harka Raj Rai has won the mayoral post of Dharan Sub-metropolitan City of Sunsari district. According to the Election Commission, vote counting of Dharan concluded on Sunday.

Rai, whose election symbol was a stick, received 20,821 votes and won the key post of the eastern city. His closest competitor Kishor Rai from the Nepali Congress received 16,059 votes and Manju Bhandari Subedi from CPN-UML received 12,825 votes.

Similarly, Aindra Bikram Begha from CPN (Maoist Centre) won the post of deputy mayor of Dharan. He received 20,510 votes while his closest competitor Padam Prasad Limbu from CPN-UML got 17,606 votes.

Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Centre) had forged an alliance for the local election in Dharan.

Meanwhile,  Nepali Congress candidate Hemkarna Poudel has been elected mayor of Itahari Sub-metropolitan City by garnering 33,049 votes. It is the first time an NC candidate has won local election in Itahari since the political change of 1990.

According to election results made public Sunday morning, Poudel’s closest rival Yam Kumar Chongbang Subba of CPN-UML received 28,031 votes.

However, the post of deputy mayor went to Sangita Kumari Chaudhary of CPN-UML. She secured 32,436 votes while her closet rival Keshab Kumar Bista of the CPN (Maoist Centre) got 18,031 votes.  Meanwhile, the ruling alliance has won the chief post of Barahachhetra Municipality of Sunsari.

NC’s Ramesh Karki has been elected the mayor of Barahachhetra securing 19,293 votes. His closest competitor Nilam Khanal, former mayor of Barahachhetra, from CPN-UML, got 14,154 votes. However, CPN-UML’s Nanda Kumari Sunwar received 15,766 votes and won the deputy mayor post of Barahachhetra. Her closest competitor from the ruling alliance Amit Gautam of CPN (Maoist Centre) got 10,544 votes.

Meanwhile, Gopal Hamal, an independent candidate, won the mayoral post of Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City of Kailali district. Hamal won with 26,865 votes while his closest competitor Nrip Bahadur Odd from NC got 14,817 votes. NC had allied with CPN (Maoist Centre) in Dhangadhi.

CPN-UML’s Kandakala Kumari Rana has been elected the deputy mayor of Dhangadhi by garnering 15,479 votes. Her closest rival Shanti Kumari Adhikari of the Maoist Centre got 12,670 votes. In Kalaiya Sub-metropolitan City of Bara district, CPN-UML candidates have been elected mayor and deputy mayor by defeating the candidates of the five-party alliance.

Likewise  CPN-UML’s Binod Prasad Sah has been elected mayor of Kalaiya by garnering 24,139 votes. His closest competitor Rajesh Ray Yadav of NC got 18,540 votes.

Likewise, CPN-UML’s Roshan Parveen has been elected deputy mayor of Kalaiya. She received 19,251 votes while the alliance’s Pramod Prasad Gupta from Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal (JSP-N) got 18,302 votes.

However, NC won the chief posts in Mahagadhimai Municipality of Bara.

NC’s Upendra Prasad Yadav has been elected the mayor of Mahagadhimai with 8,670 votes and NC’s Taradevi Kanu as the deputy mayor with 7,997 votes. Upendra’s closest competitor Rambabu Prasad Yadav from JSPN got 7,376 votes and Kanu’s competitor Pushpanjali Devi from CPN-UML got 7,010 votes. 

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