With the peaceful conduct of election to the House of Representatives (HoR) members, the vote counting process for all 10 constituencies in Kathmandu is beginning after a while.
Chief Returning Officer in Kathmandu, Churaman Khadka, said all ballot boxes would be collected at the respective Election Officers' offices in each constituency within the next two hours. Vote counting is expected to begin after it.
Preliminary estimates indicate that the voter turnout in Kathmandu district ranged between 60 to 65 percent.
Voting, which started at 7:00am and ended at 5:00 pm, was conducted peacefully across all constituencies, with an estimated voter turnout around 60 to 65 per cent, informed Chief Election Officer Khadka.
He, however, added that it would take some more time to ascertain the exact figures of the total votes cast.
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