The Election Commission has decided not to conduct re-election in Syangja and Bajura. A meeting of the EC held on Wednesday decided not to conduct re-election in those places, instead issued a directive to start the vote counting. Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari said that the meeting has decided to start vote counting in Kaski-2 and Bajura.

Following the dispute in the counting of the votes, re-election was demanded in those places.

The Nepali Congress and CPN-UML have accused each other of capturing a booth in Bajura. Two persons had lost their lives following a clash between the cadres of Nepali Congress and UML in the voting center. The counting of votes was halted in Syangja after the candidates of other parties accused the Nepali Congress of carrying out irregularities during the vote counting process.