DHANGADHI, June 29: Independent candidate Gopal Hamal is taking the lead in the race for the mayor of the only Sub-metropolitan City in Province 7-Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City with 41 votes.
His closest rival Nepali Congress mayoral candidate Nirpa Oda has garnered 40 votes.
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Likewise, CPN(Maoist Center) mayoral candidate Ram Samaj Rana is in the third position with 10 votes while CPN-UML mayoral candidate Durga Joshi is in the fourth position with 4 votes.
71 percent of voters cast their votes in the election held on Wednesday, according to District Election Office.
