Independent candidate Saha elected mayor of KMC

KATHMANDU: Independent candidate Balendra Saha has been elected mayor of the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) with 61,767 votes, according to the District Election Office, Kathmandu. Saha (32) made to the post by defeating his nearest rival Sirjana Singh of Nepali Congress (NC) with a margin of 23,426 votes. Likewise, Sunita Dangol of CPN (UML) has been elected deputy mayor of KMC by securing 68,612 votes while her nearest rival Rameshwor Shrestha of CPN (Unified Socialist) mustered 23,806 votes. Including independent candidates, 56 persons had contested for the mayoral candidacy of KMC while 35 candidates were vying for the post of deputy mayor. Including mayor and deputy mayor, there will be a total of 160 people's representatives, out of 162 representatives, in the metropolitan city as no one filed their candidacy under the category of Dalit women member in KMC ward 24 and 25. Among 32 wards, Nepali Congress won ward chair in 19 wards, UML in 12 wards and CPN (Unified Socialist) in one ward. Ishwor Man Dangol of CPN (US) won the election as the ward chair in ward 12 of the city. By RSS READ ALSO:

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