UML hits century as Maharjan elected Kirtipur mayor

Published On: May 19, 2017 05:03 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 19: CPN-UML candidate Ramesh Maharjan has been elected as mayor of Kirtipur Municipality.

UML clinches victory in Dudhauli Municipality

Published On: May 19, 2017 02:31 PM NPT By: Republica

SINDHULI, May 19: CPN-UML has clinched victory in two municipalities and one rural municipality. UML candidate Ghana Shyam Raut has been elected at mayor of Dudhauli Municipality. He has garnered 8, 598 votes. His immediate rival Nepali Congress’s Ganga Dahal got 8, 223 votes.

NC candidate Chalise wins Gokarneshwar Municipality mayor

Published On: May 19, 2017 01:55 PM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 19:  Nepali Congress candidate Santosh Chalise has taken lead in the mayoral election for Gokaneshwar Municipality. Chalise has secured 9,009 votes.

SYANGJA, May 19: Five female mayoral candidates have won races of mayor and deputy mayor of 5 Municipalities in Syangja district.

KATHMANDU, May 19: Nepali Congress candidate Chiribabu Maharjan continued his lead in the vote count of Lalitpur Metropolitan City mayoral post.

EC deploys staff for second round local polls

Published On: May 19, 2017 07:45 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 18: In view of the second round of local elections scheduled for June 14, the Election Commission (EC) has deployed chief returning officers and returning officers to the 41 districts that will be going to the polls.

Results declared for two-thirds local units

Published On: May 19, 2017 07:36 AM NPT By: Republica

KATHMANDU, May 18: The Election Commission (EC) published election results for more than two-thirds of local units on the fourth day of vote counting on Thursday.

Maoists lose influence in Gorkha

Published On: May 19, 2017 01:00 AM NPT By: Narahari Sapkota

GORKHA, May 19: CPN (Maoist Center), then UCPN (Maoist), had won all three election constituencies of Gorkha in Constituent Assembly (CA) elections of 2008 and 2013. Its leader Baburam Bhattarai, who is now the coordinator of Naya Shakti Nepal, had won one of the constituencies, getting highest number of votes.

Eager wait for election in province 7

Published On: May 19, 2017 12:50 AM NPT By: Arun Bam

DOTI, May 19: When the government announced plans to hold local level elections, people in province number seven (far western region) were amongst the happiest ones.

Vote counting in hills excites tarai folks

Published On: May 19, 2017 12:40 AM NPT By: Ritesh Tripathi

BIRGUNJ, May 19: Though the people of tarai-Madhes could not take part in the first round of local elections, they are concerned for as well as excited about the poll updates from the hilly districts.