DHADING, May 17: Nepali Congress candidate Rana Bahadur Tamang has been elected as chief of Khaniyabas Rural Municipality. He secured 1,646 votes. His closest rival Pradip Phyuba of CPN-UML got 971 votes.
NC candidate Yomaya Tamang has been elected as deputy chief with 1,665 votes while her immediate contender UML’s Sushma Tamang got 917 votes.
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