CHITWAN: CPN (Maoist Center) candidate Renu Dahal has widened her lead with 1,852 votes in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

She got 10,449 votes while closest contender UML candidate Bijay Subedi got 8, 597 votes. Similarly, independent candidate Jagannath Poudel received 4,696 votes.

Likewise, Chitrasen Adhikari of the Nepali Congress (NC) got 12,496 votes while Himala Gurung got 6,992 votes for the post of deputy mayor.

So far, 28,643 votes have been counted in Bharatpur metropolis.