DADELDHURA, MAY 19

Nepali Congress has registered victory in five out of seven local levels of Dadeldhura district. NC candidates emerged winners in two municipalities and three rural municipalities of Dadeldhura district. In Dadeldhura, the home district of incumbent Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, the NC has won all House of Representatives elections since 1991.

In the previous local level election, CPN-UML had won two and CPN-Maoist Centre secured one local level here.

UML has lost all local levels in the district this time, while CPN-Maoist Centre has won two local levels.

NC's candidates have won the mayoral, deputy mayoral and 10 ward chair posts in Amargadhi municipality, district headquarters of Dadeldhura.

NC candidates Dilliraj Joshi and Parbati Jhukal have won mayoral and deputy mayoral posts in Amargadhi.

Likewise, NC candidate Bharat Badayar Joshi has been elected mayor of Parshuram Municipality while Maoist Centre's Bimala Mahata won the deputy mayoral post here. NC has secured won the post of chairperson in the majority of wards.

NC has also emerged winner in Ganyapdhura, Nawadurga and Bhageswor rural municipalities of the district.

Maoist Centre has won Alailal and Ajayameru rural municipalities.

NC candidate Basanti Pal secured her position as vicechair in Ajayameru Rural Municipality.

NC has won 29 out of 52 wards, while Maoist Centre has secured win in 14 wards, UML in three wards, CPN (Unified Socialist) in two wards, BP in two wards and independent candidates in two wards in the district.

NC had won only 16 wards in Dadeldhura in the last local elections.

A version of this article appears in the print on May 20, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.