1Bara-2 by-election: All-party meeting taking place

Bara – Vote counting of by-election held in Bara-2 on Sunday is to take place this morning.

Vote count which was supposed to begin since last night could not take place due to delay in all-party consensus, Chief Returning Officer Mukesh Upadhyay said. He added it would start this morning. ‘The all-party meeting was scheduled for 7.00 am this morning’, he said, adding, ‘Representatives from the political parties are attending all-party meeting now. Vote count will begin after the meeting’.

Most probably vote count would start from 9.00 am or 10.00 today, he informed.
Security arrangement has been tightened in the vote count site.

There was 65 percent voters’ turnout in Bara-2 in the by-election. Total 34 candidates, including different political parties and independent were in election race in the constituency.