Bajhang by-election: 43 percent vote cast till 3:20 pm

Kathmandu: The Bajhang by-election witnessed 43 percent votes cast as of 3:20 pm today.

The voting for the by-election is underway in Bajhang constituency no 1 Province Assembly (A). According to Sudarshan Lamichhane, Chief Election Officer, a total of 26,500 were cast from 47 polling stations and 94 polling centers across the Province Assembly (A) constituency.

Lamichhane said voters are enthusiastically casting ballots and the by-election is going on peacefully. 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.

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