KATHMANDU, May 24: Nepali Congress candidates Chiribabu Maharjan and Geeta Satyal are elected mayor and deputy-mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City respectively.
NC candidate Maharjan wins mayoral race at Godawari
As the tedious vote count ended on Wednesday early morning, Maharjan maintained 326 votes lead over CPN-UML candidate Hari Krishna Byanjankar. Maharjan received 24642 votes while Byanjankar garnered only 24316 votes.
In deputy-mayor contest, NC's Satyal received 19819 votes while her nearest rival Shova Shakya of Sajha Party received 14240 votes.