A total of 37,585 candidates have filed their candidacies for the local level election till 4 pm on Monday.
According to the Election Commission, there are 1,395 candidates for the post of Mayor of the metropolitan-sub-metropolitan and municipality and 784 candidates for the post of Deputy Mayor.
There are 1,326 candidates for the post of Rural Municipality Chairman, 822 for vice-chairman and 9,797 for the ward chairman post. Similarly, there are 5,849 candidates for women members, 5,095 for Dalit women members and 12,517 for members, according to the commission.
Source : TRN,
