DHANUSHA: Rastriya Janata Party Nepal has been elected to the post of mayor and deputy mayor of Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City.

Mayoral candidate Lal Kishor Saha got victorious to the post receiving 21,903 votes while his rival Manoj Kumar Saha from the Nepali Congress got 11,164 votes.

Similarly, Rita Jha of RJP-N won the election to the post of deputy mayor with 17,147 votes while her contender Nilam Karna from the NC garnered 10,605 votes.

Of the 25 wards of the Janakpur Sub-Metropolis, RJP-N won the election in 12 wards while Nepali Congress in seven, Federal Socialist Forum Nepal in three, CPN-UML in two wards.

Similarly, an independent candidate also won the election in one ward.