Candidates for Philippine congressional seats and thousands of smaller races started campaigning Friday with police watching closely due to past violence.
The vote count is underway for the by-election in constituency no 2 of the Bara district. The Chairman of Janata Samajbadi Party, Upendra Yadav, is leading the vote count till 7:00 am.
KATHMANDU, May 13: Preparations for vote counting are currently underway across the country.
Ballot boxes are being collected for the vote count.
The Election Commission is preparing to initiate a vote count on Friday itself.
Here are some pictures taken by Ratopati photojournalist in Kathmandu: