Nepali Congress candidate Mohan Basnet has been elected as the mayor of Dakshinkali Municipality, Kathmandu.

Basnet defeated CPN-UML candidate Shreeram Acharya by 2, 009 votes. 

Basnet secured 7, 201 votes while Acharya garnered 5, 192 votes, Election Officer Amrita Bhandari said.

He was also elected as the mayor from the Nepali Congress in 2017.