Presidential Election: Voting over, counting from 4 pm

KATHMANDU: The presidential election voting has concluded. The collection of ballot boxes and preparation of vouchers is ongoing.

The Election Commission has decided to meet with representatives of the presidential candidates and begin counting votes at 4 p.m.

These are the decisions taken by the commission after meeting with the candidate representatives

1. Counting of votes will start from 4 pm,
2. Swastik should be stamped. Voting marks other than that will be invalidated,
3. The vote sign must be used in the room where the name of the respective candidate is written, otherwise void.
4. Counting of votes of Federal Parliament and State Assembly will be done separately,
5. In the counting of votes, there will be an election representative of the presidential candidate and one counting representative
6. Open the presence of journalists when the ballot box is opened.
7. After the counting of votes, the certificate will be distributed to the winning candidates today

Representatives of the presidential candidates

1. Ramesh Lekhak, on behalf of Ram Chandra Poudel
2. Mahesh Bartaula, on behalf of Subas Chandra Nemwang