Saptari, May 20 (RSS): The Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP)
has won the mayor and deputy-mayor posts in the Rajbiraj municipality of
Saptari.
Bhimraj Yadav has been elected by
securing 9,624 against 4,807 by outgoing mayor Shambhu Prasad Yadav.
The winner won the election by a huge margin against his competitor.
It may be noted that in the
previous election, Yadav had his candidacy for the mayor post from the Sanghiya
Samajbadi Forum and he was defeated to the outgoing mayor and his nearest rival
this time from the Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) by 15 votes.
Similarly, Israt Parbin from the
JSP has been elected the deputy mayor by gaining 7,264 against 4,427 by Sushila
Kumari Yadav of Nepali Congress.
Outgoing deputy-mayor Sadhana Jha
who represents the Loktanrik Samajbadi Party (LSP) was limited to fourth
position with 3,206.
Rajbiraj consists of 16 wards and
of them eights wards have been won by the JSP followed by three by the CPN (
Maoist Center), two by the LSP, one by the CPN (UML), one by the CPN ( Unified
Socialist), one by the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP).