14,402 women elected at local levels so far

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, May 26: As many as 14,402 women have been elected to different positions at the local level across the country, according to the latest data from the Election Commission.

There were 14,402 women candidates.

The local level election was held on May 13 and results of the vote count of the poll in 749, out of 753, have been made so far.

Women candidates have been elected both the mayor and deputy mayor in three municipalities across the country.

In province 1, 2,455 women candidates have been elected out of 8,196 women candidates in total.

In Madhesh province, 2,770 women candidates have been elected out of 15,780 women candidates in total.

Similarly, in Bagmati, 2,347 women candidates got elected out of 4,649 while in Lumbini 2,124 got elected out of 8,767 women candidates.

According to the EC data, 1,524 women candidates got elected out of 4,878 women candidates in Karnali province while in Sudurpaschim 1560 women candidates were elected out of 5,085 women candidates.

Women have been elected Chiefs at 25 local levels across the country.

However, 123 member seats of Dalit women have remained vacant out of the total reserved for them while a seat out of total seats reserved for women have also remained vacant.

The EC is yet to announce the vote count results of four local levels as of the time of writing this report.