Rolpa,
May 16 (RSS): CPN (Maoist Centre) has
registered its win in Rolpa municipality and Thawang rural municipality of
Rolpa district.
Surendra Thapa Gharti has
been elected to the post of mayor while Geeta Acharya secured victory as deputy
mayor in Rolpa municipality.
Thapa obtained 7,603 votes against 3,658 votes of Nepali Congress mayoral candidate Sher Bahadur Thapa.
In the race of deputy
mayor, Maoist candidate Acharya secured 7,441 votes while her arch-rival Pushpa
Shrestha of NC got only 3,719.
Maoist has won nine out of
10 wards whereas NC registered its win in a ward.
Likewise, Maoist candidate
Rishikeshab Budhamagar defeated independent mayoral candidate in Thawang rural
municipality by 616 vote margin.
Budhamagar secured 2,122
votes to become winner.
Likewise, Sharmila
Budhamagar from CPN (Maoist Centre) emerged victorious as the vice-chairperson.
She got 2,122 votes while her close contender Ram Bahadur Pun from independent
alliance obtained 1,468 votes.
It may be noted that NC and
UML had forged an electoral alliance in Thawang.