Chiribabu Maharjan of the Nepali Congress has been elected as the mayor of the Lalitpur Metropolitan City for the second term.
He defeated his nearest rival Hari Krishna Byanjankar of the CPN-UML by 18, 162 votes.
Out of 86, 540 votes cast, Maharjan garnered 42, 722 votes while Byanjankar secured 24, 560 votes.
Similarly, Manjali Shakya has been elected as the deputy mayor.
She defeated her closest rival Babu Raja Bajracharya of the CPN (Maoist Centre) by 6, 332 votes.
Shakya received 24, 084 votes while Bajracharya got 18, 752 votes.
