Kathmandu, May 22
Independent candidate Gopal Hamal has won the post of mayor of Dhangadhi sub-metropolis of Kailali district.
Hamal defeated incumbent mayor Nrip Bahadur Oad of the Nepali Congress. Hamal received 26,865 votes while Oad received 14,817 votes.
Similarly, CPN-UML candidate Kandakala Kumari Rana has been elected the deputy mayor of Dhangadhi. She got 15,479 votes.
