Rampur, May 17 (RSS): The Nepali Congress (NC) has won the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in the Rampur municipality of Palpa.
According
to the final results of the May 13 local elections, Raman Bahadur Thapa
obtained 10,456 votes against 10,083 by his nearest competitor from the CPN
(UML), Shiba Aryal. Another candidate for the mayor, Rajendra Dhakal of the
Rastriya Prajatantra Party, got 168.
Similarly, Bal Kumari Thapa has
been elected to the post of deputy-mayor with 10,307 ballots while her closest
rival Durga Devi Rana from the UML received 10,250 followed by 157 of Gayatri
Neupane of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party.
The municipality consists of 10
wards and the NC has emerged victorious at wards 1,2,4,5,6,7 and 9 and the UML
at the remaining three wards 3, 8 and 10.