KATHMANDU, May 24: Nepali Congress candidates Chiribabu Maharjan and Geeta Satyal are elected mayor and deputy-mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City respectively.

As the tedious vote count ended on Wednesday early morning, Maharjan maintained 326 votes lead over CPN-UML candidate Hari Krishna Byanjankar. Maharjan received 24642 votes while Byanjankar garnered only 24316 votes.

In deputy-mayor contest, NC's Satyal received 19819 votes while her nearest rival Shova Shakya of Sajha Party received 14240 votes.

 
• lalitpur metropolitan city
 
• mayor
 
• deputy-mayor
 
• nc
 
• uml
 
• chiribabu maharjan
 
• local level election
 
• geeta satyal