CHITWAN: CPN (Maoist Center) candidate Renu Dahal has retained her lead with a margin of 5,133 votes in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

She has got 27,412 votes while her closest contender UML candidate Bijay Subedi has got 22,279 votes so far. Similarly, independent candidate Jagannath Poudel received 9,552 votes.

So far, more than 56,845 votes have been counted in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

Similarly, coalition deputy mayor candidate Chitrasen Adhikari has received 29,525 votes while rival Himala Gurung of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is chasing with 17,325 votes.