Vote counting begins in Bajura
Vote counting has begun in Bajura for the House of Representatives election. Ballot boxes were safely brought to the counting center in Martadi after the polls. About 45,390 votes, or 51.66 percent of the total 87,861 voters, were cast in the district.
UML’s Thapa takes early lead
UML candidate Asmita Thapa is leading with 1,405 votes after counting five wards of Likhu Rural Municipality.
RSP’s Bishwaraj Pokharel got 945 votes, while Congress’ Kumar Luintel received 683 and CPN’s Ambir Gurung 543 votes. Four wards are yet to be counted.
RSP candidate representative dies in Morang
A candidate representative of the Rastriya Swatantra Party has died in Morang. The deceased has been identified as Durga Regmi, 50, of Rangeli-9, said SP Kabit Katuwal of the District Police Office, Morang.
According to him, he suddenly fainted at 11:45 am while having lunch near the counting site.
He was taken to Rangeli Hospital for treatment and doctors at the hospital declared him dead.
He was the representative of the RSP candidate from Morang constituency number 2, Krishna Karki.
Vote counting to begin in Gorkha-2 at 1pm
Counting of votes in Gorkha-2 will start at 1pm at the Land and Watershed Management Office in Gorkha Municipality-8.
Ballot boxes from 23 polling stations in Gorkha-1 are still pending due to bad weather, delaying counting there. Army helicopters are on standby to transport them.
A total of 121,263 votes were cast in the district, with 64,005 in Gorkha-1 and 57,258 in Gorkha-2.
