KATHMANDU: Vote count of 619 out of 753 local levels of the country has completed.

So far, Nepal’s grand old party Nepali Congress (NC) has won most of the local levels followed by the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Center) at the third place.

According to the Election Commission (EC), out of 619 local units, the NC alone won the posts of mayors and chairpersons in 275 local levels.

The UML, so far, is distant second winning the top posts in 172 local bodies. And, the Maoist Center is at the third position succeeding in claiming 109 local level chiefs and chairpersons.

Similarly, the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) became victorious in 17 local levels, the CPN (Unified Socialist) in 14, the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) in seven and Rastriya Prajatantra Party in three local bodies.

Independent candidates have won the mayor’s and chairperson’s posts in 22 local bodies till now.