CHITWAN: CPN (Maoist Center) candidate Renu Dahal has widened her lead with a margin of 2,528 votes in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

She has got 12,769votes while closest contender UML candidate Bijaya Subedi got 10,241 votes. Similarly, independent candidate Jagannath Poudel received 5,389 votes.

So far, more than 32,690 votes have been counted in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.