Dang reports 5.92 % invalid votes

DEUKHURI: Dang, the district in the Lumbini State, reported 5.92 percent invalid votes under the House of Representatives (HoR) election followed by 4.77 in the State Assembly (SA) election.

The voting for the twin elections was held on Nov 20.

A noticeable number of invalid ballots in the district comprising three constituencies under the HoR and six towards the SA has been assessed as the lack of sufficient voter education.

In the last May 30 local elections, 12 % votes were partially invalid and three percent was compete invalid.

The number of invalid votes for the PA elections was higher than in the HoR polls.

A total of 14,709 votes failed to meet the criteria to get validity and this figure towards the SA is 11,833.