Rajesh Man Singh, the common candidate of ruling coalition, has been elected as the mayor of Birgunj Metropolitan City, the only metropolis in Madhesh.
According to the final results of the counting of votes in all the 32 wards of the metropolis that ended on Tuesday morning, Janata Samajbadi Party candidate Singh from the ruling alliance has won the post of mayor.
Singh secured 46, 215 votes against his nearest rival Bijay Sarawagi of CPN-UML who garnered 23, 171 votes.
Similarly, Imtiaz Alam, the common candidate of ruling coalition, has been elected as the deputy mayor.
Nepali Congress candidate from the ruling coalition, Alam defeated Purushottam Lal Jha of the Democratic Socialist Party by a huge margin to become the deputy mayor.
