KMC Votes: Counting the uncountable

A disclaimer in the beginning. I am neither a Kathmandu Metropolitan City voter nor a supporter of Balen Sah. But I had predicted Sirjana Singh from Nepali Congress Party to be a clear winner for the mayoral seat. My prediction was/is based on the assumption that the new comer(s) will eat UML votes, thereby making Singh the winner.

My assumption was also based on poor public rating of UML candidate Keshav Sthapit at the time of campaign. I never believed and still don’t believe Balen Sah will be the winner. Similar to Ranju Darshana in earlier KMC polls, for me he is just an electoral bubble created by social media. The problem with him is that the media might have given him a national status, but voting is a pure local activity. I doubt many of his youngster fans are his KMC voters.