Jhapa, May 24 (RSS): The CPN UML candidate Gopalchandra
Budhathoki has been elected Mayor of Mechinagar Municipality by securing 26,478
votes. His nearest rival of Nepali Congress Indra Bahadur Budhathoki got 21,311
votes.
Similarly, UML leader Mina Uprety
became Deputy Mayor by collecting 21,590 votes. Her nearest rival Prakash
Bhandari from CPN Maoist Centre got 12,818 votes.
Moreover, the UML has secured
victory in most of the wards in municipality.
Vote count of all 15 local levels
in Jhapa district has been over. Among them, UML won in seven local levels
while NC in six and RPP in two.