DAMAK: Nepali Congress (NC) candidate Hukum Singh Rai has registered his win for the post of chairperson in the Kamal rural municipality of Jhapa.
e secured 12,868 votes while his close contender CPN-UML’s candidate Bhim Rai gathered 9,653 votes.
Newly-elected Singh was defeated by immediate past Chairperson of the rural municipality Menuka Kafle in the earlier round of the local election on a lottery basis.
According to the Kamal-based Office of the Election Officer, UML candidate Prameela Neupane Tiwari secured 10,845 votes to emerge winner as the vice-chairperson.
Her close contender Parshuram Subedi of CPN (Maoist Centre) got 8,371 votes.
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