Fixed period for voting over, voting continue in some centers

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Nov. 20: The voting period as set by the Election Commission- from 7 am to 5 pm today- has been over.

The EC said that voting was, however, going on in places where the voting started later than the fixed time and it had to be halted owing to dispute and then resumed again, according to the EC.

Shaligram Sharma, EC spokesperson, said that voters who entered the polling stations as fixed by the election officer by 5 pm can allow the voters to cast vote even after 5 pm. There are 22, 227 polling centers in 10,893 polling stations across the country. According to the EC, cent per cent voter turnout occurred in 141 temporary polling stations.

The EC is holding a press meeting at 7:30 this evening to brief the media about the voting.