Who is strong in which metropolis?
KATHMANDU: APRIL. 18 – The claims of the ruling coalition’s affiliated parties, which have decided to coordinate in the local elections, have forced the top leadership in the distribution of the metropolis.
The ruling coalition of five parties, which had previously decided to keep the seats at the local level and distribute them based on the votes won by the UML, has been able to share.
Despite the completion of the seven bases for candidate selection and the four processes for seat distribution, there are complexities between the five parties in many places from the district to the center.
Although the coalition had previously agreed to end the metropolitan and sub-metropolitan chief-deputy chief central mechanism,’ the parties were unable to reach an agreement on Sunday due to competing demands. The coalition meeting was called off today as they couldn’t agree on each other’s demands.
The top leaders of the coalition Congress, Maoist Center, CPN-S, JSP, and the ruling coalition affiliated Rastriya Janamorcha had agreed in principle to share the seats won by the allied parties and the seats won by the UML.
As a result, the Lalitpur and Biratnagar Congress, the Bharatpur Maoist Center, and the Birgunj JSP will each receive a share of the six metropolis.
Kathmandu and Pokhara, which were won by UML, will be divided. After the coalition party’s election preparation and monitoring committee meeting, convened by Ram Chandra Poudel, failed to reach an agreement, preparations are underway to finalize it through top leaders.
Who is strong in which metropolis?
Kathmandu metropolis
Kathmandu Metropolitan UML won the local level election in 2074 BS. At that time, UML’s Bidya Sundar Shakya had won in Kathmandu with 64,913 votes. His nearest rival Raju Raj Joshi of the Nepali Congress polled 45,269 votes.
Similarly, Ranju Neupane of Bibeksheel Nepali Dal got 23,439 votes and Kishor Thapa got 18,496 votes. Sarbottam Dangol of the Maoist center got 7,906 votes and Pabitra Bajracharya of the New Shakti Party got 6,050 votes.
Similarly, Congress candidate Hari Prabha Khadgi won with 58,952 votes while her rival Rajaram Shrestha of RPP got 34,854 votes. He was with UML. Sushila Kumari Poudel of the UCPN (Maoist) got 10,448 votes, Sabina Aryal Dawadi of New Shakti got 3,494 votes and Nirupama Yadav got 11,533 votes.
Lalitpur metropolis
In the local level election of 2074 BS in Lalitpur, Chiribabu Maharjan of the Nepali Congress had won the mayoral election with 24,642 votes. Hari Krishna Byanjankar of the UML had received 24,316 votes at the time. The difference between Maharjan and Byanjankar was only 326 votes.
Similarly, Maoist candidate Dinesh Maharjan received 10,661 votes. In Lalitpur, it appears that the UML is finding it difficult to support Congress.
Biratnagar metropolis
In the local level election held in 2074 BS for the post of mayor of Biratnagar Metropolitan City, Bhim Parajuli of the Nepali Congress won with 23,031 votes while his nearest rival Binod Prasad Dhakal of the CPN-UML got 17,321 votes. In that metropolis, UML had coordinated with the Democratic Forum led by Bijay Kumar Gachhadar.
Similarly, there was electoral coordination between the Maoist Center and the then Federal Socialist Forum. Umesh Kumar Yadav, who became the mayoral candidate from the forum, had received 14,958 votes.
Birgunj metropolis
Bijay Sarawagi of the then Federal Socialist Forum won the mayorship of Birgunj metropolis with 19,393 votes. His nearest rival, Ajay Dwivedi of the Nepali Congress, got 19,197 votes. Similarly, Congress’ Shanti Karki had won the post of deputy mayor with 19,607 votes while Pinki Yadav of the Federal Socialist Forum had lost with 18,530 votes.
Similarly, the then Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) candidate Rajeshman Singh got 12,165 votes for the post of mayor while the deputy mayoral candidate Rambha Mishra got 10,663 votes. Sarawagi, who was elected mayor of Birgunj in 2074 BS, has now joined the CPN-UML. Similarly, Singh, who is in third place, is in JSP.
At the time, Congress was not in favor of leaving Birgunj metropolis leadership because the differences with the party were minor. Jaspar received only 196 votes against Congress in the most recent election.
Bharatpur metropolis
In the local level election of 2074 BS in Bharatpur, Renu Dahal won the mayoral election from the Maoist center with 43,127 votes. Her nearest rival Devi Prasad Gyawali of the CPN-UML got 42,924 votes. Parbati Shah from the Nepali Congress won the by-election with 47,197 votes while her nearest rival Divya Sharma from the UML got 39,525 votes.
Earlier, RPP mayoral candidate Badrinath Timalsina polled 6,842 votes in Bharatpur while Rina Gurung got 7,252 votes. Currently, RPP is divided.
Pokhara metropolis
In the local level election held in 2074 BS, Man Bahadur GC from UML had won the mayorship of Pokhara by getting 60,118 votes. His nearest rival Ramji Kunwar of the Nepali Congress got 46,416 votes.
Similarly, UML’s Manju Gurung won the post of deputy mayor with 56,448 votes while her nearest rival Saraswati Gurung of the Nepali Congress got 44,338 votes. The UCPN (M) had fielded Goma Dhakal as its candidate for the post of mayor. Dhakal came third with 8,796 votes.
In the previous election, UML and Nepali Congress had a difference of 13,702 votes in the Pokhara metropolis with the support of the UCPN (M). At present, the UML is divided, which is expected to affect the local elections.
