Kathmandu, 01 December: Voting for 41 vacant posts at the local level is being held peacefully in different parts of the country. According to our local representative from Hetauda, voting for the post of ward president is going on in Hetauda sub-metropolitan city-12. Voters have queued up at Pratibha Basic School and Bishnu Jyoti Basic School polling station located in the sub-metropolitan city-12 to cast their votes with enthusiasm. According to the Bagmati Province Election Office, there are 8,53 voters in that ward.
Lalit Bahadur Ghalan, who was elected as the ward president in the last election, became the head of the Makwanpur district coordination committee and the post became vacant. There are 12 people in the election field for the ward president of that ward, nine people from different parties and three independent people.
सिमकोट(हुम्ला), १६ मङ्सिर :
हुम्लाको सर्केगाड गाउँपालिकामा रिक्त पदका लागि भएको उपनिर्वाचनमा आइतबार सर्केगाड गाउँपालिका–३ स्थित देवकोटा आधारभूत विद्यालयमाको मतदान केन्द्रमा मतदानका लागि लामबद्ध मतदाता। तस्बिर : दाने बोहरा/रासस Voters queuing up to vote at the polling station at Devkota Basic School located in Sarkegad Rural Municipality-3 on Sunday in the by-election for vacancies in Sarkegad Rural Municipality of Humla. Photo: Dane Bohora/Rss
Similarly, in the news sent by the representative of Rss from Rajviraj of Saptari, Dakneshwari municipality ward no. 1 and 4 Voting continues in five polling stations for the post of ward president. The by-election was held after the death of the elected ward president from both the wards. Ward no. 1 Eight people including one independent and in ward no. 4 also has eight candidates including one woman. According to the District Election Office, there are 2,635 voters in Dakneshwari Municipality-1 and 1,281 voters in Ward-4.
According to Dailekh-based Rss correspondent, voting for the post of Ward President of Mahabu Rural Municipality-5 is going on peacefully in two polling stations. 92-year-old Jagatkumari Singh was the first to cast her vote in the voting which started at the scheduled time this morning. Seven candidates are competing in the election. According to the District Election Office, there are 1,760 voters in that ward.
मतदानका लागि लामबद्ध मतदाता
काठमाडौँ महानगरपालिका वडा नं १६ मा रिक्त पदका लागि भएको उपनिर्वाचनमा आइतबार बिहान बालाजुस्थित तरुण मावि मतदान केन्द्रमा मतदानका लागि लामबद्ध मतदाता । तस्बिर : हरिराम भेटुवाल/रासस Voters queuing up to vote at the Tarun high scool polling station in Balaju on Sunday morning in the by-election for vacant posts in Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ward No. 16. Photo: Hariram Bhetuwal/Rss
Likewise, our Simkot-based correspondent reported that voting for the post of Vice President of Sarkegad Rural Municipality of Humla is going on peacefully. Voters have queued up to cast their votes at polling stations in Deval, Saraswati, Laligunras, Devkota, Himjyoti, Bhawani, Dhumchuli, Kallas, Swayambhu, Ishwar, Kot, Anshuvarma and Neelkanth community districts of Sarkegad.
