CHITWAN, May 16: UML mayoral candidate Devi Gyawali is taking lead in Bharatpur Metropolitan City with 531 votes.
Maoist Center candidate and PM Dahal’s daughter Renu Dahal is behind Gyawali by 80 votes. She has obtained 451 votes thus far.
UML leads Maoist Center by 134 votes in Bharatpur Metropolis
Likewise, UML is taking lead in the deputy mayoral position too. Dibya Sharma representing CPN-UML is ahead of his closest opponent Nepali Congress mayoral candidate Parbati Shah by 2 votes.
Sharma has got 456 votes whereas Sha has secured 454 votes.
The local level elections held in Bharatpur Metropolitan City has been seen with great interest for two reasons.
First, Renu Dahal, a daughter of Prime Minister Dahal , is contesting the election for the mayoral position.
Second, Nepali Congress and CPN(Mapist Center) have forged an electoral alliance in this metropolitan city as in some other local levels.
