Renu Dahal of CPN (Maoist Center) has again regained lead over CPN-UML’s Bijay Subedi in the election for mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
Subedi, who is supported by RPP, and the common candidate of ruling coalition Dahal have taken turns at the top since the start of vote counting. Dahal has now eked out a 12-vote lead over Subedi as per the latest updates.
She has secured 5,039 votes while Subedi has got 5,027. The rebel candidate of Nepali Congress (NC) Jagannath Paudel is third with 2,355 with 15,031 votes counted until now.
NC candidate for deputy mayor Chitrasen Adhikari, meanwhile, has built a big lead over RPP’s Himala Gurung. Adhikari has secured 6,043 votes while Gurung is second with 4,042.