INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
DHANGADI, MAY 15Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN-MC have won the local level election in two local levels each among
88 local levels in Sudurpaschim.
Local levels told to identify site for integrated settlement
Election Commission for local polls on May 18
Chairman candidate Indra Karki and vice-chair candidate Gyanu Sethi from Nepali Congress have won the
election in Ganyapdhura Rural Municipality, Dadeldhura.
The rural municipality is the home rural municipality of the Prime
Minister and NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba.The newly elected Karki received 3,184 votes while his nearest rival Surendra Bahadur Mali from
Nepali Congress (BP) received 1,605 votes
Similarly, vice-chair candidate Sethi won the election with 3,013 votes while her closest rival Indra Bahadur Mahara from UML received 1,703
votes.Nepali Congress (BP) and UML have allied and contested against the NC in the rural municipality.Similarly, NC also won the election in
Badrikedar Rural Municipality, Doti
The chairman candidate Bhairab Bahadur Saud and vice-chair candidate Dambari Kumari Bista have won the election.Saud received 2,343 votes,
while his closest rival Chakra Bahadur Ghartimagar from UML received 1,684 votes.Likewise, Bista received 2,407 votes while her nearest
rival Sapana Sidari from UML received 2,276 votes.The UML has won the election in two local levels of Bajhang
The chairman candidate Prakash Rokaya in Thalara Rural Municipality won the election with 2,774 votes while his closest rival independent
candidate Kul Raj Joshi received 2,113 votes
Similarly, vice-chair candidate from the alliance Ram Khati of NC won the election with 3,150 votes while his nearest rival Mira Devi Rawal
from the UML received 2,587 votes.Likewise, chairman candidate from the alliance Bhagat Singh Thokare (Bohora) of CPN-MC and vice-chair
candidate from alliance Debaki Devi Bohora of NC won the election in Api Himal Rural Municipality, Darchula.Thokare received 2,304 votes
while his closest rival Dharmananda Manyal from UML received 1,385 votes
Similarly, Bohora received 2,027 votes while her closest rival Urmila Bohora from UML received 1,391 votes.Similarly, chairman candidate
from alliance Daljit Dhami of CPN-MC won the election defeating Prem Singh Dhami of UML in Naugard Rural Municipality, Darchula
Daljit received 3,598 votes, while Prem Singh received 3,191 votes.Similarly, vice-chair candidate from the alliance Jagat Singh Thagunna of
NC won the election with 3,767 votes while his closest rival Gauri Devi Thagunna of UML received 2,867 votes.The mayoral candidate Nar Singh
Chaisir and deputy mayoral candidate Durga Kumari Khatri from UML have won the election in Mahakali Municipality, Darchula.They defeated the
common candidates from the alliance Hamsha Raj Bhatta and Suna Bohora.A version of this article appears in the print on May 16, 2022, of The
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