The local election to be held on May 13 will primarily be a contest between the five-party ruling coalition and the main opposition CPN-UML.
The ruling coalition has forged electoral alliance in six metropolitan and 11 sub-metropolitan cities, and most of the local bodies across the country. UML is contesting on its own at most of the places while it has allied with RPP, RPP-Nepal and other small parties at some of the places.
A total of 137,043 candidates filed nominations for 35,221 posts in 753 local bodies on Monday. A total of 3,276 candidates filed nominations for chief of the local bodies and 2,009 for deputy chiefs, according to the Election Commission.
List of Candidates from Ruling Coalition and UML in Metropolitan and Sub-metropolitan Cities
Kathmandu
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Sirjana Singh (NC)
Deputy Mayor: Rameshwore Shrestha (Unified Socialist)
UML
Mayor: Keshav Sthapit
Deputy Mayor: Sunita Dangol
Lalitpur
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Chiri Babu Maharjan (NC)
Deputy Mayor: Babu Raja Bajracharya (Maoist Center)
UML
Mayor: Ram Krishna Byanjankar
Deputy Mayor: Manjali Shakya
Pokhara
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Dhan Raj Acharya (Unified Socialist)
Deputy Mayor: Kopila Ranabhat (NC)
UML
Mayor: Krishna Thapa
Deputy Mayor: Manju Devi Gurung
Bharatpur
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Renu Dahal (Maoist Center)
Deputy Mayor: Chitra Sen Adhikari (NC)
UML
Mayor: Bijay Subedi
Deputy Mayor: Himala Gurung (RPP)
Birgunj
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Rajesh Man Singh (JSP)
Deputy Mayor: Imtiyaz Alam (NC)
UML
Mayor: Bijay Sarawagi
Deputy Mayor: Purushottam Jha (LSP)
Biratnagar
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Nagesh Koirala (NC)
Deputy Mayor: Amarendra Yadav (JSP)
UML
Mayor: Sagar Thapa
Deputy Mayor: Shilpa Karki
Dharan
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Kishore Rai (NC)
Deputy Mayor: Aindra Bikram Begha (Maoist Center)
UML
Mayor: Manju Bhandari
Deputy Mayor: Padam Prasad Limbu
Itahari
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Hem Karna Paudel (NC)
Deputy Mayor: Keshav Bista (Unified Socialist)
UML
Mayor: Yam Kumar Subba
Deputy Mayor: Sangita Chaudhary
Janakpurdham
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Lal Kishore Sah (JSP)
Deputy Mayor: Kishori Sah (NC)
UML
Mayor: Shiv Shankar Sah
Deputy Mayor: Runa Jha
Kalaiya
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Rajesh Raya (NC)
Deputy Mayor: Pramod Gupta (JSP)
UML
Mayor: Binod Sah
Deputy Mayor: Roshan Pravin
Jitpur Simara
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Rajan Paudel (Maoist Center)
Deputy Mayor: Megha Shahi (NC)
UML
Mayor: Saraswoti Chaudhary
Deputy Mayor: Bhola Adhikari
Hetauda
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Meena Kumari Lama (Unified Socialist)
Deputy Mayor: Rajesh Baniya (NC)
UML
Mayor: Ananta Paudel
Deputy Mayor: Sumitra Kafle
Butwal
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Khel Raj Pandey (NC)
Deputy Mayor: Chin Bahadur Gurung (Unified Socialist)
UML
Mayor: Baburam Bhattarai
Deputy Mayor: Sabitra Aryal
Ghorahi
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Hem Raj Sharma (Maoist Center)
Deputy Mayor: Bhup Bahadur Dangi (NC)
UML
Mayor: Naru Lal Chaudhari
Deputy Mayor: Huma DC
Tulsipur
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Gehendra Giri (NC)
Deputy Mayor: Jog Bahadur Rana (Unified Socialist)
UML
Mayor: Tika Ram Khadka
Deputy Mayor: Syani Chaudhari
Nepalgunj
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Prashant Bista (NC)
Deputy Mayor: Kamaruddin Rai (Unified Socialist)
UML
Mayor: Pashupati Dayal Mishra
Deputy Mayor: Shanti Dhakal
Dhangadi
Ruling Coalition
Mayor: Nripa Bahadur Oda (NC)
Deputy Mayor: Shanti Adhikari (Maoist Center)
UML
Mayor: Rana Bahadur Chand
Deputy Mayor: Kanda Kala Rana Tharu
