INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
DADELDHURA, MAY 19Nepali Congress has registered victory in five out of seven local
levels of Dadeldhura district
NC candidates emerged winners in two municipalities and three rural municipalities of Dadeldhura district
In Dadeldhura, the home district of incumbent Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, the NC has won all House of Representatives elections since
UML wins three local levels, NC one in Chitwan
Maoist Centre bags seven local levels, NC two, UML one, in Rolpa
In the previous local level election, CPN-UML had won two and CPN-Maoist Centre secured one local level here.
UML has lost all local levels in the district this time, while CPN-Maoist Centre has won two local levels.NC's candidates have won the
mayoral, deputy mayoral and 10 ward chair posts in Amargadhi municipality, district headquarters of Dadeldhura.NC candidates Dilliraj Joshi
and Parbati Jhukal have won mayoral and deputy mayoral posts in Amargadhi.Likewise, NC candidate Bharat Badayar Joshi has been elected mayor
of Parshuram Municipality while Maoist Centre's Bimala Mahata won the deputy mayoral post here
NC has secured won the post of chairperson in the majority of wards.NC has also emerged winner in Ganyapdhura, Nawadurga and Bhageswor rural
municipalities of the district.Maoist Centre has won Alailal and Ajayameru rural municipalities.NC candidate Basanti Pal secured her
position as vicechair in Ajayameru Rural Municipality.NC has won 29 out of 52 wards, while Maoist Centre has secured win in 14 wards, UML in
three wards, CPN (Unified Socialist) in two wards, BP in two wards and independent candidates in two wards in the district.NC had won only
16 wards in Dadeldhura in the last local elections.A version of this article appears in the print on May 20, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
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