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Kathmandu, May 24 Bharatpur Metropolitan’s Chief and Deputy Chief positions were won by coalition candidates. The posts of deputy chief and vice deputy chief were gained by Renu Dahal of the CPN (Maoist Center) and Chitrasen Adhikari of the Nepali Congress, respectively. Dahal won by 12,449 votes over her closest competitor Bijay Subedi of the CPN (UML). According to early …

Kathmandu, May 23 Rupendehi’s newly elected people’s representatives have taken the oath of office. The chiefs and chairpersons of the municipalities took their oaths at Bhairahawa on Monday. Chief Election Officer Dhan Singh Mahara administered the oath of office to the newly elected chiefs/ chairpersons of Butwal Sub-metropolitan Municipality, Sainamaina Municipality, Lumbini Cultural Municipality, Marchwari Municipality, Sammarimai Municipality, and Gaindhawa …

Kathmandu, May 23 This afternoon, the Nepali Congress will conduct a news conference. A news conference is being organized to provide information on the May 13 local election and its results. The news conference will take place at 3 p.m. in the party’s central office in Sanepa, according to Krishna Poudel, the office’s chief secretary. Information regarding planned projects and …

Kathmandu, May 20 The individuals who looted ballot boxes from a polling station in Rautahat and ran have been arrested by police. Rautahat, Chandeshwor, 46, of Yamunamai Gaonpalika Ward No. 2 is sitting, according to the District Police Office. On the day of the local level election on May 13, ballot boxes were stolen from the polling station at Shree …

Kathmandu, May 20 Two people have been arrested for posing as candidates’ representatives and accessing polling stations. The identity of the suspect has not been revealed. They reportedly did not belong to any political party and entered the country illegally. The two have been arrested at the District Police Office, according to police spokesperson DSP Sundar Tiwari. It wasn’t clear …

Kathmandu, May 18 The UCPN (Maoist) has been elected chairman of the district’s Khatyad gaupalika, while the Nepali Congress has been elected vice-chairman. The UCPN (M)’s Bahadur Shahi received 3521 votes to win the election. By 900 votes, he defeated UML’s Lal Bahadur Malla. Malla, UML’s closest rival, received 2621 votes. Sarita Rokaya of the Congress won the election with …

Kathmandu, May 18 The CPN-Maoist has won the mayor and deputy mayorships in Rukum West’s Chaurjahari municipality. Pushpa Wadi, a Maoist candidate, was elected mayor with 6882 votes. Prem Bahadur Oli of the Nepali Congress was defeated. O li was elected with 6,311 votes. The Maoists have also been elected to the position of deputy mayor. Ishwori Kumari Sharma, a …

Kathmandu, May 18 At Rautahat, voting has started in 24 polling sites under strict security. Voting started at 7 a.m. at 24 voting places throughout six Rautahat municipalities, after being postponed for different reasons. At the polling station, there is a long line of voters. Security workers have been observed assisting voters in whatever manner they can. According to Sudip …

Kathmandu, May 18 The Rashtriya Prajatantra Party has won one ward in the district’s Rajbiraj municipality. RPP candidate Triloki Nath Chaudhary received 567 votes in Rajbiraj Municipality-13. This is the RPP’s first victory in Saptari since the multi-party system was implemented.

Kathmandu, May 18 The counting of votes in Tilottama, Rupandehi, has yet to begin after being postponed since Tuesday morning. When the counting personnel-maintained records after the counting, it made headlines. Due to disagreements between the two sides, Election Officer Madhav Lohani claimed the counting of votes could not start. The Nepali Congress (NC) disputed the CPN-record UMLs of 114 …