KATHMANDU, May 25: Vote count is still going on in three metropolitan cities -- Kathmandu, Bharatpur and Pokhara-Lekhnath as well as in Changunarayan Municipality of Bhaktapur and Melung Rural Municipality of Dolakha district.
CPN-UML has taken comfortable lead in Kathmandu and Pokhara-Lekhnath while UML candidate Devi Gyawali maintains lead in Bharatpur.
Latest updates from these five local units:
Bharatpur
Mayor - Devi Gyawali (UML) - 30642
- Renu Dahal (Maoist Center) - 28933
Deputy-mayor - Parbati Shah (NC) - 32159
- Divya Acharya (UML) -27829
Vote count begins in 129 local units
Kathmandu
Mayor - Bidya Sundar Shakya (UML) - 48072
- Raju Raj Joshi (NC) - 33468
- Ranju Darshana (Bibeksheel) - 17264
- Kishore Thapa (Sajha) - 13200
Deputy-mayor - Hari Prabha Khadgi (NC) - 43506
- Rajaram Shrestha (RPP) - 25889
Pokhara-Lekhnath
Mayor - Man Bahadur GC (UML) - 46714
- Ramjee Kunwar (NC) - 36117
Deputy-mayor - Manju Gurung (UML) - 43865
- Saraswati Gurung (NC) - 34023
Changunarayan Municipality
Mayor - Rajaram Khadka (NC) - 2571
- Som Mishra (UML) - 2501
Deputy-mayor - Radha Karki (NC) - 3009
- Bina Bastola (UML) -2542
Melung Rural Municipality
Chairman - Nar Bahadur Shrestha (UML) - 2838
- Burma Lama (NC) - 2564
Vice-Chair - Kalpana Bhandari (UML) - 2868
- Krishna Bahadur Karki (Maoist Center) -1930
