GAIGHAT: Nepali Congress candidate Basant Kumar Basnet has been elected Mayor of Triyuga municipality. Basnet won with 13,959 votes. His nearest rival Bhagwat Raut of UML got 11,838 votes.
Similarly, UML’s Maheshwari Rai received 13,703 votes to be elected as the Deputy Mayor. Her nearest rival Sarita Rai of the Nepali Congress got 11,918 votes and Geeta Khadka of the CPN (Maoist Centre) got 6,568 votes.
Out of 16 wards of the Municipality, Congress won in wards 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 13, UML won in wards 2, 6, 7 and 10 while the UCPN-M won in wards 14, 15 and 16, according to the Office of the Chief Returning Officer.
