Voting is underway in Chitwan-2, Tanahun-1 and Bara-2 on Sunday in the by-elections for the vacant House of Representatives seats.
The voting began at 7am and will continue till 5pm, according to the Election Commission.
In Tanahun-1, economist Swarnim Wagle, Nepali Congress leader Govinda Bhattarai and UML’s Sarbendra Khanal are competing to be elected to the lower house. Wagle quit the Congress to join the newly-emerged Rastriya Swatantra Party last month.
In Chitwan-2, Rastriya Swatantra Party chair Rabi Lamichhane is contesting against Jit Narayan Shrestha from the Nepali Congress and Ram Prasad Neupane, the district chapter chair of the UML. In Bara-2, prominent Madhesh leader Upendra Yadav is contesting against Janamat Party’s Shiv Chandra Kushwaha and UML’s Purushottam Paudel.
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