Kathmandu vote count update: Balen Shah receives 402 votes, Keshav Sthapit 319 and Srijana Singh 292
The vote counting for the new mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City is underway at the City Hall in the Capital.
Out of 1, 180 votes counted so far, independent candidate Balen Shah garnered 402 votes while CPN-UML candidate Keshav Sthapit received 319 votes and Nepali Congress candidate Srijana Singh secured 202 votes.
Renu Dahal takes lead in Bharatpur
CPN (Maoist Centre) mayoral candidate Renu Dahal is leading the vote count in Bharatpur Metropolitan City under the local level elections.
Out of 350 votes counted so far, Dahal garnered 133 votes. CPN-UML candidate Bijay Subedi got 127 votes.
Earlier, Subedi was leading the vote count.
Independent candidate Jagannath Paudel received 41 votes.
Independent candidate Balen Shah leading with 200 votes
Independent candidate Balen Shah is leading the vote count by 200 votes in the ongoing vote count of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
Shah has secured 480 votes while his closest contender Nepali Congress candidate Srijana Singh garnered 280 votes.
Similarly, CPN-UML candidate Keshav Sthapit received 200 votes.
Police fire 9 rounds of bullets in the air as NC, UML cadres clash in Bajura
A clash broke out between the cadres of Nepali Congress and CPN-UML at the polling station in Dhulachaur of Himali Rural Municipality, Bajura.
DSP Chaturbhuj Ojha of the District Police Office, Bajura said that the clash ensued after a ballot box with the broken seal was brought to the vote counting venue.
The Nepali Congress cadres pelted stones at the UML cadres after the latter vandalized the office demanding that the concerned authority should look into the incident.
It has been learnt that police fired nine rounds of bullets in the air to take the situation under control.
NC faces defeat in PM Deuba’s ward
The Nepali Congress (BP) has won the elections in the ward of Nepali Congress President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Naresh Bhandari has been elected as the chairman of Ganyapadhuda Rural Municipality-1.
Congress (BP) and CPN-UML had forged an electoral alliance in the rural municipality.
Bhandari won the polls with a margin of 35 votes.
Prime Minister Deuba had cast his vote from Asigram Higher Secondary School in Ruwakhola.
UML candidate Subedi leading vote count in Bharatpur, Dahal trailing behind
CPN-UML candidate Bijay Subedi is leading the vote count in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
Out of 150 votes counted so far, Subedi has obtained 66 votes while CPN (Maoist Centre's Renu Dahal and independent candidate Jagannath Paudel received 51 and 13 votes respectively.
Independent candidate Balen Shah ahead with 95 votes in Kathmandu Metropolitan City
Independent mayoral candidate Balen Shah is leading the vote count in Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
Out of 300 votes counted so far, Shah has garnered 95 votes followed by coalition candidate Srijana Singh 76.
Similarly, CPN-UML candidate Keshav Sthapit received 41 votes.
Nepal polls: Nepali Congress takes early lead in the vote count
The ruling Nepali Congress has established an early lead in the voting counting of local-level governments. NC is taking the lead in the 160 local governments, while CPN-UML is taking a lead in around 100 places. CPN(Maoist Center) has taken lead in 60 places. CPN(Unified Socialist), a member of the ruling coalition is in a distant fourth position. In many municipalities, rebel candidates for the Nepal Congress are taking lead with taking leads in 10 places.
