Balen Shah tops vote count in KMC with huge margin

KATHMANDU, May 15:  Balen Shah, an independent candidate for the post of the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City is currently leading the vote count.

Balne is leading the vote count with 5,692 votes as of 10 AM, Monday. His nearest contender was Keshav Sthapit who garnered 2,992 votes.

Likewise, Srijana Singh, Nepali Congress’s candidate for the post has collected 2,657 votes.

Sunita Dangol, CPN-UML’s candidate for the post of deputy mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, has garnered 5,896 votes while her nearest contender Rameshwar Shrestha, CPN (Unified Socialist)’s candidate has collected 1,632 votes.