NC’s Surendra Shrestha elected mayor of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress candidate Surendra Shrestha has been elected as the mayor of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, Bhaktapur.

He defeated his contender Madan Sundar Shrestha of CPN-UML with 4, 063 votes.

Sundar garnered 15, 098 votes while Madan secured 11, 035 votes.

Similarly, Bijay Krishna Shrestha of CPN (Maoist Centre) has been elected as the deputy mayor.

Bijay Krishna got 12, 102 votes while his closest contender Uttara Nepal of UML obtained 8, 963 votes.