RPP (Thapa) bags most of the seats in the municipal polls

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (National Democratic Party) led by Home Minister Kamal Thapa is ahead of rest of the small parties that took part in the municipal polls on Wednesday.

According to the information provided by the Election Commission, out of the results announced for 17 municipalities, RPP (Thapa) candidates have been elected to the post of mayors in eight municipalities and deputy mayors in two municipalities. The only recognized party in the previous election, Nepal Sadbhavana Party has won to the post of mayor in one municipality and deputy mayor in two municipalities. All other elected were independent candidates.

In Lekhnath municipality, less than 3 percent of the voters cast their votes. Of the total 32,644 voters in the municipality, Hari Bahadur Harijan has been declared a winner for the post of Mayor after polling just 401 votes while his nearest rival Chandra Bahadur Ranabhat stood second by bagging 373 votes.

According to the EC, over 72 percent of the total voters cast their ballots in Gaur municipality, the hometown of Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of CPN (UML), while some 35 percent of the total voters turned up in Biratnagar, the hometown of Giorija Prasad Koirala, president of Nepali Congress. Gaur had a total of 16,538 voters and Biragnagar had 95,686 voters.

Of the elected mayors, Dhruba Maharjan of Kirtipur municipality polled the highest votes (5,468) while Bidyadevi Rawal of Tikapur municipality received the lowest (284). Their rivals polled 1,893 and 105 respectively. Kirtipur had a total of 23,831 voters while the number of voters in Tikapur was nearly 24,000.

According to the EC, some 20 percent of the over 1.4 million voters cast their votes in the municipal polls held in 36 municipalities of the country on Wednesday. nepalnew.com ia feb 09 06

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List of newly elected Mayors and Deputy Mayors

Follows latest list of mayors and deputy mayors to various municipalities elected in Wednesday’s elections:

Municipality Post Winner Votes received Affiliation Bhadrapur Mayor Bharatendu Kr. Mallik 2,305 Independent Deputy Man Bahadur Dhamala 1,739 Independent Mechinagar Mayor Kalyan Khadka 1,571 RPP (Thapa) Deputy Nitan Rajbanshi 1,048 Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) Khadbari Mayor Hari Bahadur Karki 733 Independent Deputy Sher Bahadur Limbu 622 Independent Itahari Mayor Dhand Bahadur Bista 2,212 Independent Deputy Nur Mohammad Miya 1,681 Independent Inaruwa Mayor Hom Bahadur Rana Magar 1,603 Independent Deputy Ram Dev Chaudhary 1,564 Independent Rajbiraj Mayor Mahidev Psd Chaudhary 1,755 NSP Deputy Rewati Raman Chaudhary 6,111 NSP Siraha Mayor Asheshwor Yadav 4,924 Independent Deputy Ashok Kr. Yadav 3,164 Independent Kamalamai Mayor Umesh Kr. Pokhrel 4,044 Independent Deputy Rabi Bahadur Damai 3,136 Independent Jaleshwor Mayor Ram Shankar Shah 1,379 RPP (Thapa) Kirtipur Mayor Dhruba Maharjan 5,468 Independent Thimi Mayor Surya Hari Shankhadev 2,144 RPP (Thapa) Bharatpur Mayor Ganesh Bahadur Thapa 1,185 RPP (Thapa) Deputy Mohan Bahadur Subedi 987 RPP (Thapa) Lekhnath Mayor Hari Bahadur Harinan 401 RPP (Thapa) Pokhara Mayor Bhimsen Thapa 3,525 RPP (Thapa) Tikapur Mayor Bidyadevi Rawal 284 RPP (Thapa) Dhangadi Mayor Janak Kr. Kunwar 934 RPP (Thapa) Deputy       Mahendranagar Mayor Tej Bahadur Bhadari 1,270 RPP (Thapa) Deputy Dil Bahadur Nath 1,024 RPP (Thapa)

Source: Election Commission, 2006