KATHMANDU, May 18: The Election Commission (EC) has directed authorities concerned to finish the vote counting of the recently held local level elections within five days.
Issuing a press statement on Wednesday, a spokesperson, Saligram Sharma Poudel for the poll body, directed authorities in this regard.
According to the poll body, the vote count has been concluded in 460 local units and it is currently underway in the remaining units.
As the tenure of the outgoing local representatives are coming to an end by May 19, so the poll body is under pressure to conclude the vote count and avoid local units from going representatives less.