4.7 percent votes invalid in House of Representatives election

Kathmandu, March 14: The Election Commission has stated that 4.7 percent votes were invalid in the House of Representatives member election held on March 5.     

According to the Commission's Assistant Spokesperson, Kul Bahadur GC, the percentage in together for both the first past the post and proportional representation election systems.     

The percentage of invalid votes in the House of Representatives member election held in 2079 BS was 5.06 percent, while in the HoR election of 2074 BS it was 5.18 percent.     

In the second Constituent Assembly member election held in 2070 BS, 4.96 percent votes were invalid. Similarly, in the first Constituent Assembly election in 2064 BS, 5.15 percent votes were invalid.     

According to the Commission, fewer votes were invalid this time compared to the previous five elections.(RSS)