PHOTOS: Ballot boxes being collected for vote count in Biratnagar
KATHMANDU, May 13: Ballot boxes are being collected for vote count in Biratnagar Metropolitan City.
The vote count is likely to kick off in a few hours.
Here are some pictures taken by Ratopati photojournalist:
KATHMANDU: The vote count of the local election has been over at 716 local levels till Sunday evening. Currently, the vote count has been postponed in two municipalities while the counting has been going on in 35 local levels. Among six metropolises, the result of Biratnagar Metropolis vote count has been over. Similarly, among the […]
BIRATNAGAR: The Nepali Congress (NC) has maintained its lead with 4,200 in the counting of votes in Biratnagar Metropolitan City. As per the latest vote count results made public, Nagesh Koirala of the NC got 16,455 votes while Sagar Kumar Thapa of the CPN-UML got 12,255 votes. Independent candidate Umesh Kumar Yadav got 5,202 votes. […]
KATHMANDU, May 17: The members of ruling alliance –Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN-UML, Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Janamorcha Party – had forged an electoral alliance in the recently held local level elections in 753 local units across the country.
Despite the electoral alliance, the ruling alliance seems weak in two out of six metropolitan cities in the country. The candidates of the alliance are currently leading the vote count in Birgunj, Biratnagar, Lalitpur and Pokhara metropolis while Renu Dahal of CPN (MC) and CPN-UML are strongly competing in the race for the mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
Likewise, Balen Shah, an independent mayoral candidate for Kathmandu metropolis, is currently leading the vote count with a huge margin leaving Keshav Sthapit of CPN-UML and Srijana Singh of Nepali Congress far behind.
Meanwhile, the ruling alliance seems strong in other metropolises so far.
BIRATNAGAR: Nagesh Koirala of Nepali Congress (NC) has widened the gap in the mayoral race in Biratnagar Metropolitan City. He is the candidate from the ruling coalition and is ahead of UML’s Sagar Thapa by 1,934 votes. Nagesh, who has been leading since the initial vote count, has garnered 7,899 votes so far. Sagar is […]
KATHMANDU, May 15: Candidate of Nepali Congress backed by the ruling alliance Nagesh Koirala is currently leading the vote count in Biratnagar metropolis.
Koirala has so far garnered 2,583 votes while his nearest contender Sagar Kumar Thapa of CPN-UML has collected 1,910 votes. Besides, an independent candidate Umesh Kumar Yadav is in third position with 763 votes,
Likewise, Silpa Karki, CPN-UML’s candidate for the post of deputy mayor is currently leading the vote count with 1,923 votes. Her nearest contender was Amrendra Yadav of Janata Samajbadi Party with 1,208 votes.
KATHMANDU, May 13: Vote count is soon to begin in all the six Metropolitan Cities on Saturday.
The vote count of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and Bharatpur Metropolitan City are scheduled to kick off at around 8 AM this morning.
Likewise, an all-party meeting of the Lalitpur metropolis is soon to decide the time to initiate the vote count.
Similarly, vote count in Birgunj and Biratnagar metropolis is also scheduled to kick off on Saturday morning.
KATHMANDU, May 13: Vote count in Biratnagar Metropolitan City is to begin in a few hours.
The officials there are currently collecting ballot boxes and are preparing to initiate vote count, according to Chief District Officer of Morang, Kashi Raj Dahal.
Likewise, the vote count of Damak Municipality is also scheduled to begin on Friday. The ballot boxes are being collected, according to Keshav Prasad Panta, election officer of Dhamak.
