Renu Dahal leads Subedi by 3,126 votes

Setopati

Chitwan, May 19

Renu Dahal of CPN (Maoist Center) has further extended her lead over CPN-UML’s Bijay Subedi in the election for mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City to more than 3,100 votes.

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. However, Dahal appears to be gradually gaining the upper hand since Tuesday.

As per the latest update, she has built up a lead of 3,126. She has secured 15,513 votes while Subedi is at 12,387. The rebel candidate of Nepali Congress (NC) Jagannath Paudel is third at 6,403 with 40,963 votes counted until now.

In the race for deputy mayor, NC candidate Chitrasen Adhikari has maintained a big lead over RPP’s Himala Gurung. Adhikari has secured 17,970 votes while Gurung is a distant second at 9,961.

Published Date: 2022-05-19 10:51:00

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