CPN (Maoist Center) candidate Renu Dahal has extended her lead over CPN-UML’s Bijay Subedi to almost 8,000 votes in the election for mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
As per the latest update, Dahal has extended her lead to 7,976 votes with 93,732 votes counted so far. She has secured 36,797 votes while Subedi is at 28,821. The rebel candidate of Nepali Congress (NC) Jagannath Paudel is third at 12,188.
In the race for deputy mayor, NC candidate Chitrasen Adhikari has maintained a big lead over RPP’s Himala Gurung. Adhikari has secured 38,891 votes while Gurung is a distant second at 22,772.