NC victorious in Kamala, JSP wins mayor in Shahidnagar

A Nepali Congress (NC) candidate has won the election for a mayor at the Kamala municipality in Dhanusha. Bisheshwor Yadav defeated his rival Pashupati Yadav from the Janata Samajbadi Party by 1,028 votes to win the election.

The mayor-elected received 3,887 followed by 2,859 of his competitor. The NC has also emerged victorious on the post of deputy-mayor as party candidate Shila Devi Mandal won the election with 3,887.

Her nearest competitor Punita Kumari from the JSP got 2,766. Meantime, the JSP has won the post of mayor in the Shahidnagar municipality in the district while the post of a deputy-mayor was clinched by the Nepali Congress.

Dinesh Prasad Yadav has been elected a mayor for the municipality for the next five-year term while Sunita Kumari Singh has won the post of deputy mayor.

Yadav obtained 5,743 votes while his nearest competitor from the NC, Sudhir Kumar Goit, was stopped at 4,105. Similarly, Singh got 4,931 against 4,791 of Laxminiya Mandal of JSP.