Ilam by-election: CPN (UML)’s Nembang continues to lead in vote count

Kathmandu: The vote count of the by-election held in Ilam constituency-2 is continuing. CPN (UML) candidate Suhang Nembang is leading in the vote count.

So far, 20, 536 votes have been counted. According to the updates, he has secured 8,487 votes. Similarly, Nepali Congress candidate Dambar Bahadur Khadka has secured 5,844 votes.

Similarly, Independent candidate Dakendra Singh Limbu Thegim secured 4,262 votes while Milan Kumar Yonghang Limbu of Rastriya Swatantra Party secured 1,269 votes. A total of 233 votes have gone invalid.

Recently, the counting of votes of all wards of Fakphokatha and Chulachuli rural municipalities has been completed. A total of 69,287 votes were cast in the constituency which has 115,889 voters.

A total of 19 candidates, including 12 political parties and seven independents, are in the fray for the by-election.

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