National Assembly results will be announced by 5:00 pm: Ram Prasad Bhandari

Kathmandu. Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari has said that the results of the National Assembly (NA) election would be announced by five o’clock this evening.

Voting for the vacant 18 National Assembly members is taking place in all seven provinces from 9:00 am on Sunday. Of them, 1 post of Koshi Province has been elected unopposed.

According to Bhandari, the election to the National Assembly will be held till 3:00 pm and the results will be declared within 5 pm. According to him, voting is taking place peacefully in all the provinces.

Voting is taking place at the Koshi Province Election Office premises in Biratnagar, Mahendra Narayan Nidhi Mithila Culture Centre in Madhes, Bhutandevi Secondary School in Hetauda and Bagmati respectively.

Likewise, voting is taking place at Province Election Office in Pokhara in Gandaki, Employees Meeting Centre in Lumbini, Birendranagar, Surkhet in Karnali and Dhangadhi in Sudurpaschim.