ELECTION
NC and Maoist Center win election in Dharchema and Shahidlakhan Rural Municipalities respe...
NC and Maoist Center win election in Dharchema and Shahidlak...
GORKHA, May 18: Nepali Congress candidate Santa Bahadur Gurung has emerged victorious in the race for chief of Dharchema Rural Municipality with 1709 votes, compared 1656 votes for his closest rival Naya Shakti candidate Laxman Gurung.
May 18, 2017
ELECTION
Maoist Center still lags behind UML in the mayoral race of Bharatpur Metropolis
Maoist Center still lags behind UML in the mayoral race of B...
CHHITWAN, May 17: UML mayoral candidate Devi Gyawali continues to take the lead in the race for the mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City with 6735 votes, compared to 4987 votes garnered by his closest rival Maoist Center mayoral candidate Renu Dahal.
May 18, 2017
ELECTION
UML wins mayoral race in Galyang Municipality in Syangja
UML wins mayoral race in Galyang Municipality in Syangja
SYANGJA, May 18: CPN-UML mayoral candidate Bhupraj Adhikari has emerged victorious in the race for the mayor of Galyang Municipality in Syangja district with 8364 votes, compared to votes 6062 for his closest rival Nepali Congress (NC) mayoral candidate Lal Gopal Aryal.
May 18, 2017
ELECTION
UML Chair Oli claims party gaining victory in local polls despite being ‘encircled’
UML Chair Oli claims party gaining victory in local polls de...
KATHMANDU, May 18: CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli today said his party had got a success in the first-phase local elections despite being encircled from all four directions.
May 18, 2017
ELECTION
NC female candidate for chief of Myadge Rural Municipality in Tanahu emerges victorious
NC female candidate for chief of Myadge Rural Municipality i...
TANAHU, May 18: Nepali Congress(NC) female candidate Maya Rana has emerged victorious in the race for chief of Myagde Rural Municipality in Tanahu district held on May 14 with 4542 votes, compared to 3461 votes garnered by her closest rival CPN-UML candidate Shree Prasad Shrestha.
May 18, 2017
ELECTION
NC candidates for chief and deputy chief of Jaljala Rural Municipality emerge victorious
NC candidates for chief and deputy chief of Jaljala Rural Mu...
PARBAT, May 18: Nepali Congress(NC) candidate for chief of Jalajala Rural Municipality in Parbat district Yam Bahadur Malla has won the election with 3723 votes, compared to 3078 votes for his closest rival CPN-UML candidate Lal Bahadur Adhikari.
May 18, 2017
ELECTION
NC wins mayoral and deputy mayoral races in Dakshinkali Municipality
NC wins mayoral and deputy mayoral races in Dakshinkali Muni...
KATHMANDU, May 18: Nepali Congress (NC) mayoral candidate Mohan Basnet has been elected in the race for the mayor of Dakshinkali Municipality in Kathmandu district.
May 18, 2017
SPECIAL, ELECTION
Local election seen as harbinger of inclusiveness
Local election seen as harbinger of inclusiveness
Kathmandu, May 17: Inclusiveness was a major theme of the decade-long conflict and of the mainstream politics since the arms were laid down by the rebels and the state.
May 18, 2017
ELECTION
Only one woman elected mayor so far
Only one woman elected mayor so far
NEPALGUNJ, May 17: The entire Karnali region was numbed by the death in an air accident of then Jumla district president of the Nepali Congress Manab Sejuwal on February 16, 2014. He had been quite popular among the locals.
May 18, 2017
ELECTION
Congress, UML neck and neck on Day 3 of vote count
Congress, UML neck and neck on Day 3 of vote count
KATHMANDU, May 17: The ruling Nepali Congress and main opposition CPN (UML) are seen in neck and neck competition in the first round of the local elections. As vote counting entered the third day Congress and UML seemed in a tight race to emerge first in terms of winning the chiefs and other positi...
May 18, 2017