KATHMANDU: Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) mayor candidate Rajeshman Singh is widening his lead with nearly 1,600 votes in Birgunj Metropolitan City.
Singh got 2,832 votes while his nearest rival Vijay Kumar Sarawgi of the CPN-UML collected 1,286 votes. Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s candidate Girish Giri is distant behind with just 86 votes.
Similarly, Imtiaz Alam of Nepali Congress is lead the deputy mayoral race with 2,025 votes while Purushottam Lal Jha of Democratic Socialist Party is struggling to chase Alam with 331 votes.
The ruling coalition had agreed to support JSP candidate for mayor and the Nepali Congress candidate for deputy mayor in Birgunj.
Similarly, the CPN-UML and the Democratic Socialist Party also formed electoral coordination.
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