Damodar Acharya and Prem Kali Budha from Nepali Congress (NC) has been elected chairman and deputy-chairman in Kanakasundari Rural Municipality of Jumla. According to the Election Office, Acharya secured 2,806 votes while Budha secured 2,380 votes. Their closest rivals for the chairmanship Dhana Bahadur Rai and for deputy-chairmanship Rita Khatri from CPN (Maoist Centre) garnered 2,562 votes and 1,945 votes respectively. Likewise, NC won the post of chairman in Kamalbazzar Municipality of Achham. Yagya Prasad Dhakal from NC secured the post of chairman with 4,288 votes while his competitor Katak Bhadur Saud from UML received 4,065 votes.