Balen Shah garners over 1000 votes taking an early lead in KMC
KATHMANDU, MAY 15
The ruling-alliance is leading in most of the metropolises and sub-metropolises at the end of 24 hours since the vote count for local level elections began.
Meanwhile, some independent and rebel candidates have emerged as big players in these cities, challenging the domain of the old-guards in the early stages.
Independent candidate Balen Shah is leading the vote tally, so far, in the capital city, leaving behind bigwigs from CPN-UML and Nepali Congress. He has garnered 1053 votes so far as against 838 and 636 votes of Keshav Sthapit and Sirjana Shrestha, respectively.
Likewise, independent candidates in Dhangadhi sub-metro and Janakpur sub-metro - Gopi Hamal and Manoj Kumar Sah - are leading the race. Sah is the rebel candidate of Nepali Congress in Janakpur.
Meanwhile, the ruling-alliance is ahead in vote count of majority of these big cities.
Who is ahead in the race where?
Metropolitan Cities
Kathmandu: Independent, Balen Shah (UML trailing)
Lalitpur: Nepali Congress (alliance), Chiri Babu Maharjan (UML trailing).
Pokhara: CPN - United Socialist (alliance), Dhanaraj Acharya (UML ttrailing
Bharatpur: CPN-Maoist Centre (alliance), Renu Dahal (UML trailing)
Biratnagar: Nepali Congress (alliance), Nagesh Koirala (UML trailing)
Birginj: Janata Samajwadi Party, Rajesh Man Singh (UML trailing)
Sub-metropolitan Cities
Hetauda: CPN-UML, Ananta Prasad Paudel - CPN-US trailing
Janakpur: Independent candidate Manoj Kumar Sah - UML trailing
Butwal: Nepali Congress (alliance), Khelraj Pandey - RPP trailing
Nepalgunj: Nepali Congress (alliance), Prashanta Bishta - UML trailing
Itahari: Nepali Congress (alliance), Hem Karna Pokhrel - UML trailing
Jitpursimara: CPN- Maoist Centre (alliance), Rajan Paudel - UML trailing
Dharan: Nepali Congress (alliance), Kishor Rai - Independent candidate trailing
Dhangadhi: Independent candidate, Gopal Hamal (UML trailing)
Ghorahi: CPN- Maoist Centre (alliance), Hemraj Sharma Pokhrel (UML trailing)
Kalaiya: CPN-UML, Binod Prasad Sah - Nepali Congress trailing
