The counting of votes has not yet begun in eight constituencies of Koshi, Gandaki, Karnali, and Sudurpaschim.
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The counting of votes in eight constituencies in the Himalayan districts out of 165 constituencies of the House of Representatives has not started as of 6 pm on Friday.
The counting of votes in eight constituencies in the Himalayan districts of Koshi, Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim has not started as the work of collecting ballot boxes is ongoing.
The counting of votes in Sankhuwasabha and Solukhumbu in Koshi Province has not started. The ballot boxes of Thudam polling station in Bhotkhola rural municipality in Sankhuwasabha will be brought only on Saturday. The counting of votes has not been done yet as they could not be brought to the district headquarters due to bad weather. Only 13 votes have been cast in Thudam. There were 63 voters there.
The army helicopter tried to bring the ballot boxes several times on Friday, but was unable to do so due to bad weather. DSP Kumar Prasad Mainali said that ballot boxes from Bhotkhola, Ridak and Kimathanka of Bhotkhola Rural Municipality, and Kampek and Gauthala of Silichong Rural Municipality-5, which are considered geographically remote, have been brought.
He said that despite repeated attempts to bring the ballot boxes, they could not be brought due to heavy rain in Thudam. The Army's Indradal Gulm in Khandbari has informed that the army helicopter could not land at the polling station. Ballot box counting sites have been brought from the footpaths of 124 polling stations in the district. There are 165 polling stations in the district, including one temporary one.
Although the ballot boxes of all 139 polling stations in Solukhumbu have been collected, the counting of votes has not started.
An all-party meeting held a short while ago has decided to start the counting of votes from 7 pm on Friday.
Gorkha Region No. 1 The counting of votes has not started due to the delay in the collection of ballot boxes due to bad weather. Ballot boxes of 9 out of 23 polling stations in North Gorkha have been collected by 5 pm on Friday.
An army helicopter carrying ballot boxes of two polling stations of Chumanubri-1 landed in Pokhara on Friday afternoon. The army helicopter stayed in Pokhara for some time and then flew to Gorkha. DSP Rajkumar Shrestha of the District Police Office, Gorkha said that the helicopter that took off from Pokhara landed in Gorkha.
The counting of votes has not started in the mountainous districts of Dolpa, Humla and Mugu of Karnali as of Friday evening. The counting of votes in Humla is scheduled to start from 8:45 pm on Friday evening. Chief Electoral Officer Neelkantha Baral said that the all-party meeting held after the collection of the ballot boxes decided to start the counting of votes from 7:45 pm. 'The ballot boxes have been collected, we have decided to start the counting of votes from 7:45 pm today after the all-party meeting,' he said. 65.36 percent voting was recorded in Humla. The Chief Electoral Officer's office has stated that 22,467 votes were cast in Humla, which has a total of 34,372 voters.
Ballot boxes have been transported from all polling stations in Dolpa. Chief District Officer Junu Hamal informed that ballot boxes were collected from all 70 polling stations designated as permanent and temporary in the district on Friday evening and brought to the Chief Electoral Officer's office in Dunai.
Five helicopters were used to transport ballot boxes from 23 polling stations in Upper Dolpa.
Pradzor Hamal said that ballot boxes were brought to the district headquarters by helicopter throughout the day on Friday from the polling station in Upper Dolpa, which is geographically very remote and inaccessible by road network. The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer has informed that an all-party meeting has been called for the counting of votes since the collection of ballot boxes has been completed.
Ballot boxes from Janajagruti Mavi and Kanjirowa Mavi polling stations in Mugumkarmarong Rural Municipality of Mugu are yet to be collected. The ballot boxes kept at the police post there will be collected only on Saturday, said SSP Ram Prakash Shah, spokesperson of the Provincial Police Office.
The counting of votes is set to begin from 7 pm on Friday in Bajura and Darchula in the far west. The counting could not begin due to delays in transporting ballot boxes from the polling stations in Himali Rural Municipality of Bajura and Apihimal Rural Municipality of Darchula, which are located in remote areas, to the district headquarters. Counting of votes is underway in other areas of the Far West, which has 16 constituencies.
