All the candidates who had filed their nominations in various posts of Bhaktapur municipality have been elected unopposed.

The state-owned News Agency, RSS, reported that those elected unopposed were Sumitra Madhikarmi of Ward No. 15 to the post of Mayor and Saraju Hada of Ward No. 13 to the post of Deputy Mayor.

Likewise, Rabikrishna Madhikarmi of ward no. 2, Gangananda Banepali of ward no. 3, Laxmi Prasad Dumaru of ward no. 7, Indra Kumar Dhaubanjar of ward no. 8, Majun Suwal of ward no. 14, Uttam Bhakta Bati of ward no. 15, Padamlal Shilakar of ward no. 16 and Kamini Neupane of ward no. 17 have been elected unopposed to the posts of respective ward chairmen, the report said.

Neupane of ward no. 17 is an independent candidate whereas all others had field their candidacy as members of Rastriya Prajatantra Party led by Home Minister Kamal Thapa.

The elected representatives said that they will be engaged in completing the incomplete development projects, and will work to preserve art, religion, culture and ancient heritages of the tourist city. They commit to serve the people at their strength.

The Election Commission has said that elections would be held only for over 600 posts in 36 out of 58 municipalities across the country. With only less than a week for polls, candidates in various municipalities have been withdrawing their nominations through press statements. In many municipalities, elected candidates are reportedly being kept under tight security owing to threats of physical action by the Maoist rebels.