By TRN Online, Kathmandu, May 15: Candidates of the CPN (Maoist Center) have come
out victorious in the local level election in Thawang Rural Municipality, known
as the epicenter of the Maoist armed rebellion.
Maoist Center candidate for the Chairman of the RM, Rhishikeshav
Budhamagar 'Sabin', secured 2,122 votes to get elected while his nearest rival
Darjit Rokamagar, an independent candidate supported by the Nepali Congress and
CPN (UML), got 1505 votes.
Likewise,
Maoist Center candidate for vice-chair Sharmila Budhamagar secured 2,122 votes
to get elected to the post while her nearest rival Ray Bahadur Pun, an
independent candidate backed by the Nepali Congress, and CPN (UML), got 1487
votes.
The
official announcement of the election result is yet to be made.
Meanwhile,
out of the election result of 30 wards of 10 local levels of the Rolpa
district, Maoist Center candidates have been elected in 20 wards, NC candidates
in 4 and UML candidates in 4 and an independent candidate in 1.
There are
72 wards in the district.
(With the
help of Nepali news service, RSS)