Ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has got its candidates elected as chiefs in the largest number of local bodies as final results have arrived in 585 bodies until Thursday evening.
NC candidates have emerged victorious in 260 local bodies so far. The main opposition CPN-UML has won in 163 local bodies.
CPN (Maoist Center), Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) and CPN (Unified Socialist) follow with wins in 105, 18 and 12 local bodies respectively. Other parties and independent candidates have been elected in 27 local bodies.