Chainpur (Bajhang), April 29 : Vote count in continuing in Bajhang Constituency 1, Province Assembly (a).
As per the latest updates, Nepali
Congress (NC) candidate Abhishek Bahadur Singh is leading the vote count by 249
votes. He has obtained 7,486 votes while his close contender CPN (UML)'s Daman
Bahadur Bhandari got 7,239, informed Chief Returning Officer Sudarshan
Lamichhane.
Likewise, CPN (Maoist Centre)
candidate Janak Bahadur Budha secured 2,894 votes while CPN (Unified
Socialist)'s Dil Bahadur Singh obtained 2,102 votes..
So far, the counting of votes of
Chhabispathibhera rural municipality, Thalara rural municipality-9,
Khaptadchanna rural municipality, Jayaprithvi municipality and Surma rural
municipality has been completed. A total of 30,328 votes or 49.12 per cent
votes were cast in the by-election in Bajhang Province Assembly (A).
There were 61,748 voters in the
constituency. A total of 11 candidates were in the race in Bajhang by-election.