Nara Bahadur Jhakri of the CPN (Maoist Center) has been elected as the ward chair of Tripurasundari Municipality-5 of Dolpa district by securing 161 votes in the by-elections held on Sunday.

His nearest rival Nara Bahadur Rokaya of the CPN-UML secured 117 votes. Similarly, Rajendra Prasad Neupane of the Nepali Congress garnered 21 votes.