CPN (UML) wins chairperson in Ramgopalpur & NC wins in Manara Shiswa in Mahottari

JALESHWOR: MAY. 18 – CPN (UML) candidate has been elected to mayor of Ramgopalpur Municipality in Mahottari district.

According to Chief Returning Officer Deepak Kumar Kharel, Ramdular Shah was elected to the post securing 5,349 votes. UML’s Reena Devi Yadav was elected deputy chairperson of the same municipality with 4,263 votes.

Shah’s closest competitor CPN (Maoist Centre)’s Ashok Kumar Mandal conceded defeat with 3,586 votes while Yadav’s nearest rival Nepali Congress’s Pushpadevi Kushbaha collected 3,403 votes.

Vote counting here was concluded on Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, Nepali Congress’s Mohan Pandey won in the mayoral race for Manara Shiswa Municipality in Mahottari district with 5,884 votes. Shakuntala Devi of the same party was elected deputy mayor with 5,745 votes.

Pandey defeated JSP’s Mahendra Raya who gained 4,920 votes while Shakuntala Devi beat JSP’s Nirmala Kumari Devi Singh who garnered 4,842 votes.