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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.

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 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.

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. 

The vote counting of mayoral elections in the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has begun.

Though the Election Commission had planned to start the counting from late Friday night, it was delayed due to the dispute among the candidates.

Vote counting of Kathmandu Metropolitan City started at around 10 am in City Hall.

Nepali Congress leader Srijana Singh, CPN-UML leader Keshav Sthapit  and Samiksha Baskota from Bibeksheel Sajha Party are vying for the post of mayor.

Balen Shah is an independent candidate.

 

Voting counting for May 13 local elections held in 753 local governments has begun across the country. The preliminary vote counting has shown neck and neck competition between Nepali Congress and CPN-UML.

In some places including Kathmandu Metropolitan City, independent candidates have taken lead over party candidates. In some places, preliminary counting shows five-party electoral alliance has not worked well.

In 2017, CPN-UML has emerged as the largest party in the local elections closely followed by Nepali Congress, and CPN(Maoist) secured a distant third position. This time too, it seems two parties will compete tough to become the first. 

In a bid to control the rising domestic prices, India has banned wheat exports with immediate effects, PTI reports. Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in a notification dated May 13 says "the export policy of wheat … is prohibited with immediate effect…,"

It also clarified that wheat exports will be allowed on the basis of permission granted by the Government of India to other countries to meet their food security needs and based on the request of their governments.

A person died on the spot and another was injured when police opened fire at a mob trying to rob a ballot box at Sorungchhabise in Katari Municipality-10 of Udayapur district on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as local Nabin Katuwal (19). He was hit by a bullet in the chest.

Police said that Man Shrestha (13), who was staying in the house, was injured in the firing. 

 Meanwhile, police constable Bishnu Tamang was injured when the cadres of a political party pelted stones at the security personnel.

Katuwal was the nephew of Gaur Bahadur Katuwal, an independent of Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal.

Laxman Paudel, District Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal, said that the police opened fire after a dispute ensued between the Nepali Congress and Communist Party of Nepal cadres at the polling station.

Chief District Officer Birendra Kumar Yadav said that the police opened fire after a group of 50/60 persons tried to rob a ballot box.

It has been learnt that police fired eight rounds of bullets to disperse the mob.

Chhetra Bahadur Khadka from CPN-UML, Bal Bahadur Karki from Nepali Congress, Tek Narayan Shrestha from CPN (Unified Socialist) and Gaur Bahadur Katuwal from independent had filed candidacies for the post of ward chairman in Katari-10.