Vote counting under PR system completed in 60 districts

Setopati

2017-12-14 11:41:26

Vote counts of 60 districts under the Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system of election to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies held on November 26 and December 7 have complete. According to EC's Information System Management Section, a total of 7,684,328 votes have been counted as of 10 Thursday morning. EC Spokesperson Nawaraj Dhakal shared the information that CPN-UML has secured 2,631,991 votes followed by Nepali Congress with 2,546,069, CPN (Maoist Center) with 1,045,446, Federal Socialist Forum-Nepal with 351,525 and Rastriya Janata Party Nepal with 295,448 votes. Likewise, Rastriya Prajatantra Party has obtained 175,590 votes while Bibeksheel Saajha has received 173,797 and Naya Shakti Party 69,241 votes. The vote count is underway in remaining 17 districts. Currently, the vote counting of Sunsari, Dhanusha, Saptari, Sarlahi, Mahottari, Kathmandu, Chitwan, Syangja, Arghakhanchi, Pyuthan, Surkhet, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Doti is underway.

Published Date: 2017-12-14 11:41:26

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