Independent candidate Nirmal Tandukar has been elected the chair of Lalitpur Metropolitan City Ward No. 1.
He got 661 votes, defeating his nearest rival, Dhruva Tandukar of the Nepali Congress, who received 425 votes.
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There are 29 wards in the metropolis.
