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Vote counting of first phase elections begins
Vote counting has started in the 32 districts where the elections were held in the first phase of federal parliament and provincial assembly elections.bookmark
Published at : December 7, 2017
Updated at : December 8, 2017 05:03
Kathmandu
Vote counting has started in the 32 districts where the elections were held in the first phase of federal parliament and provincial assembly elections. The first phase of the elections was held on November 26 in 32 districts.
The counting began in most of the districts after 5pm following all party meetings.
The first phase of elections will elect 37 members in federal parliament and 74 members in provincial assembly from 32 districts.
There are 330 provincial constituencies in all seven provinces. The elections were held under both frist-past-the-post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) systems. The election was held for 110 federal seats under PR category and 220 provincial seats under PR category.
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