Voting for the post of vice president has started in Puthauttarganga Rural Municipality of Rukum East, the only Himalayan district of Lumbini Province. There is an enthusiastic turnout of voters in the voting which started from 7 am.

Assistant Election Officer Ishwari Subedi informed that there are a total of 11 thousand 380 voters in 22 polling stations within this municipality.

Subedi says that although the preliminary data on how many votes have been cast has not yet been received, the voter turnout is satisfactory and the situation is peaceful. The vacancy in this municipality is the vice president and 2 no. Among the ward presidents, Jagat Gharti, the candidate of the Maoist Center, has been unanimously elected as the ward president.

Keshkumari Tulachan from the Congress-UML alliance and Narpura Budha from the Maoist center are candidates for the municipal vice president.