Independent candidate leads vote count in Dhulikhel Municipality

KATHMANDU, May 14: Independent candidate for the post of mayor of Dhulikhel Municipality is currently leading the vote count of the local level polls.

Bidur Bahadur Basnet, an independent candidate for the post of mayor of the municipality, has garnered 400 votes out of 900 votes counted so far.

His nearest contender was Ashok Kumar Byanju, UML’s candidate for the post of mayor, collecting 343 votes.

Meanwhile, candidate of the ruling alliance, Daya Sagar Shrestha collected 12 votes.