Bajhang by-polls update: 400 ballots counted

Chainpur (Bajhang), April 28: The vote count under the by-election of the Province Assembly (PA) in Bajhang 1(A) has been underway since 2:20 pm today.

In the counts of 400 ballots at the Saraswoti School Centre at Chhabispathibhera rural municipality-2, CPN (UML)'s Daman Bahadur Bhandari led the tally with 157 followed by 132 of Abhishek Bahadur Singh of the Nepali Congress.     

Similarly, Dil Bahadur Singh of CPN (Unified Socialist) secures 51 followed by 47 of Janak Bahadur Budha of CPN (Maoist Centre) and one of Kishor Khadka of Rastriya Prajatantra Party. (RSS)