Birtamod: Vote count under the election to the Member of House of Representatives and Province Assembly has kicked off in Jhapa constituency 5. The count began from the Gaurigunj polling center, according to the office of the returning officer.
The total voter turnout was 102,150 in the constituency. It may be noted that the CPN (UML) Chair KP Sharma Oli and the Nepali Congress’s Khagendra Adhikari are running from the constituency.
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Vote count begins in Makawanpur
Vote count has begun in Makawanpur district. It started around one and a half hours later although an all-party meeting decided to do so at 11 am, said the office of chief returning officer, Makawanpur.
Out of the total 300,733 registered voters in the district, the voter turnout was 178,282 (59.3 percent), said chief returning officer Rishiram Niraula.
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Jumla prepares to count vote
Vote count in Jumla district is being conducted from three places. All ballot boxes have been collected from across the district.
An all-party meeting has been called to discuss the vote count procedure.
“We are initiating the vote count immediately after the agreement in the all-party meeting,” said Chief Returning Officer, Bishnu Prasad Gautam.
The vote count booths will have candidates and a representative of each political party.
Goma Gautam Kunwar of CPN (Maoist Centre), Ratan Nath Yogi of CPN UML and Gyanendra Shahi of Rastriya Prajatantra Party are major contenders for a member of the House of Representatives in the district.
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