BHARATPUR: Both the mayoral and deputy mayoral candidates of the ruling coalition have won the elections in Bharatpur Metropolitan City (BMC).
Renu Dahal of the CPN (Maoist Center) was re-elected as the mayor and Chitrasen Adhikari of Nepali Congress (NC) was elected as the deputy mayor.
The Election Commission has yet to make an official announcement.
Dahal received 52,030 votes and NC deputy mayoral candidate Adhikari received 52,803 votes.
Similarly, CPN-UML candidate Bijaya Subedi got 39,581 votes. Independent candidate Jagannath Poudel has got 14,728 votes.
Deputy mayoral candidate RPP’s Himala Gurung got 30,612 votes. A total of 127,566 votes were cast in the May 13 local elections in the metropolis.
Who is Renu Dahal?
It is the second time Dahal got elected as Mayor in Bharatpur Metropolis. Dahal, born at Bharatpur Metropolis-23 on Ashar 23, 2033BS, is the daughter of Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Chairperson of CPN (Maoist Centre).
Dahal was also the Constituent Assembly member from 2064 to 2069 BS. Currently, General Secretary of All Nepal Women Association (Revolutionary), Dahal had also worked as Joint-In-Charge of then Maoist party in Rolpa from 2061 to 2061BS.
She has worked in various other capacities in the party.
A total of 127,839 votes were cast in the metropolis. Among 29 wards, NC garnered victory at ward no 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 27 and 29 while UML won in 3, 11, 12,
Dahal joined the party in 2051 BS. Sher was the deputy in-charge of Rolpa during the Maoist armed conflict that began in 2052 BS.
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