Kathmandu, May 16
Gopal Panjiyar of Nepali Congress has been elected as the Mayor of Haripur Municipality of
Sarlahi.
Panjiyar defeated Sunil Budhathoki of the CPN-Maoist Center by 3,051 votes.
He got 6 thousand 938 votes while Budhathoki got 3 thousand 887 votes.
Similarly, Congress candidate Neelam Raya Yadav was elected as deputy mayor with 5,583
votes. Her rival candidate Shila Karki of CPN-Unified Socialist got only 4,076 votes.
