23 out of 135 local levels’ vote count over; UML candidate who lost elections by a vote wins with 11 votes in the recount

Kathmandu / Sept. 21: The vote count of 23 out of 135 local levels of Province No 2 has been finished so far.

As per the update shared by the Joint Election Observation Centre stationed at the Election Commission, Nepali Congress has secured victory in eight local levels, while CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist-Centre) in four local levels each, Rastriya Janata Party Nepal in three local levels and the Federal Socialist Forum and Nepal Democratic Forum in two levels each till 4:30 pm Thursday.

EC Spokesperson Nawaraj Dhakal informed that the result of the vote count in 595 Wards was announced.

UML candidate who lost elections by a vote wins with 11 votes in the recount
Meanwhile, assistant Chief District Officer of Parsa Durga Dutta Paudel and SP Sudip Giri on Thursday morning met with Chief Returning Officer Bishnu Parajuli and urged him for impartial vote counting.

Returning Officer Parajuli had announced Ali Husen, a candidate of Nepali Congress, winner by a vote in Birgunj metropolis-30 on Wednesday evening.

The votes were recounted again following protest by UML lawmakers duo Bichari Yadav and Raj Kumar Gupta claiming that the election staffers committed a vote rigging, demaning recount.

Surprisingly, in the recount, Amanat Miya, who lost elections by a vote in the previous vote count, happened to win the elections with 11 votes.

She got 466 votes to defeat her NC rival, raising serious questions over the impartiality of the vote count.

Booth representatives of UML and Federal Socialist Forum Nepal have accused the election staffers of announcing the winner by a vote by misusing 45 votes.