The counting of votes is underway in Ilam-2 constituency under the by-election to the Member of House of Representatives held on Saturday. So far the counting of votes has been concluded at Phakphokthum, Chulachuli and Mangsebung rural municipalities, the Chief Returning Officer’s Office said.
As per the latest vote tally, CPN (UML) candidate Suhang Nembang continues to lead. Out of the 27,615 votes counted so far, Suhang is leading with a margin of 3,754 votes. He has got 11,078 votes while his closest contender Dambar Bahadur Khadka of the Nepali Congress has received 7,324 votes.
Similarly, independent Dekandra Singh Limbu Thegim has secured 6,901 votes while Milan Limbu of the Rastriya Swatantra Party has bagged 1,512 votes.
However, the Mangsebung rural municipality-5 has thrown up a surprising result in the vote count. The independent candidate from the identity camp has got highest number of votes. Thegim secured 1,032 votes while the candidates of the Nepali Congress and the UML could not cross 69 votes. UML’s Nembang received 69 votes while NC candidate Khadka 49 votes in this Ward.
Rastriya Swatantra Party’s candidate Limbu got only three votes. Kirat religious cleric Aatmananda Lingden lives in this Ward.
Currently, the votes from Mai municipality, Ward No 6 and 7 are being counted. There were 115 thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine registered voters in the Ilam -2 constituency. Sixty-nine thousand two hundred and eighty-seven voters cast votes in the by-election.
The by-election in Ilam-2 was necessitated following the death of Subas Chandra Nembang who represented this constituency in the House of Representatives before this.
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