Bajhang by-election: 43 per cent vote cast till 3:20 pm
According to Sudarshan Lamichhane, Chief Election Officer, a total of 26,500 were cast from 47 polling stations and 94 polling centres across the State Assembly (A) constituency.
KATHMANDU: The Bajhang by-election witnessed 43 per cent vote cast as of 3:20 pm today.
The voting for the by-election is underway in Bajhang constituency no 1 State Assembly (A).
According to Sudarshan Lamichhane, Chief Election Officer, a total of 26,500 were cast from 47 polling stations and 94 polling centres across the State Assembly (A) constituency.
Voters are enthusiastically casting ballots and the by-election is going on peacefully, Lamichhane said.
Security personnel from Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepali Army have been mobilized to hold the election peacefully.
There are total 61,748 voters while 11 candidates are in the fray.
The by-poll is being held to fill the vacant post following the demise of Prithvi Bahadur Singh, a Nepali Congress candidate elected from same constituency.
