Ruling Nepali Congress set to sweep local level polls

By Editorial Team On May 21, 2022

Nepali Congress stage mass demonstration in Chitwan, on Monday, February 04, 2019. Photo: Tilak Ram Rimal

Kathmandu: The Nepali Congress is set to sweep the local level elections in the country with the ruling party bagging over 400 posts of mayors/chiefs and deputy mayors/deputy chiefs out of the 753 units which went to polls, as counting of votes entered its last phase on Wednesday evening.

According to Election Commission, the Nepali Congress, led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, has either won or taken a sizeable lead in 213 positions for chiefs and 204 deputy chiefs.

The local level polls were held on May 13. In majority seats, the contest was between candidates of the ruling-five-party alliance – Nepali Congress, CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN-Unified Socialist and two smaller parties – and the Main Opposition Communist Party of Nepal-UML, led by former prime minister KP Sharma Oli.

The CPN-UML has won 137 chairs and 143 vice-chairs, whereas the CPN-Maoist Centre has won 94 chairs and 101 vice chairs, officials said.

The CPN-Unified Socialist has won nine chairs and 14 vice-chairs.