The Election Commission of Nepal has said that initial voter turnout in the parliamentary elections held on Thursday was around 60 percent. 

Officials said that this is an early estimate and final figures will be come later.

Acting Chief Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari said the commission is still collecting data from across the country.

A total of 18. 9 million voters were registered for the elections.

Among them were 9.66 million were male voters, 9.24 million female voters, and 200 voters listed as others.