Although the votes cast at the bell symbol are kept secret, estimates are being made based on the votes received by other parties.
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Even though the direct counting of votes in Dhanusha Constituency No. 1 has reached its final stage, uncertainty has increased about the final result.
The Election Commission had rejected the candidacy of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSWP) candidate Kishori Sah Kamal, who was blacklisted for banking offences, two days before the election. The personal details of the candidate with the commission have revealed that Kishori worked as a shareholder of Kamal Nirman Sevas.
The website of the Credit Information Center mentions that Kishori Sah of Kamal Construction was blacklisted on 2080 Poush 6 and 2079 Asoj 11. Even though the candidacy of RSWP candidate Sah was rejected, he was still seeking votes from voters.
A case has been filed in the Supreme Court against the decision of the Commission to reject the candidacy. Since the candidacy was rejected two days before the election, it was not possible to print another ballot paper, and the ballot paper with the bell election symbol was given to the voters. Even though the candidacy was rejected, the votes cast on the bell symbol of the RSVP candidate Sah .
Even though the office of the Election Officer of Constituency No. 1 decided that the votes cast on the bell symbol would be invalidated before the counting of votes because the candidacy was rejected, the Election Commission had instructed the counting of the votes cast on the bell symbol and to keep them secret after the RSVP leaders and workers demonstrated in a way that affected the counting of votes. As per the commission's instructions, the Election Officer's office is keeping a secret record of the votes cast on the bell symbol in Dhanusha-1. 'The votes cast on the bell symbol have been counted and kept secret,' said Manoj Baral, Election Officer of Dhanusha-1, 'We have not even announced that vote . We have not even told anyone . The votes that came out because the bell was the election symbol are estimated.'
Dhanusha Chief District Officer Prem Prasad Luitel said that the campaign is being conducted by counting the total votes cast, the number of valid votes cast for other election symbols and the number of invalid votes and estimating the remaining votes for the bell election symbol. Dhanusha-1, which has about 126,040 voters, had 78,463 votes cast.
According to polling officer Baral, only seven ballot boxes in Sabaila area are yet to be counted by 7 pm on Sunday. In the vote count so far, Congress candidate Rampaltan Sah has taken the lead, while Nepali Communist Party candidate Matrika Yadav and UML candidate Ramchandra Mandal are trailing Sah.
The Election Commission has sent another letter to the Election Officer's office on Sunday. That letter has caused further confusion. The Election Commission has further instructed not to announce the results of Dhanusha-1 immediately. According to the decision of the commission, the concerned election officer has been requested not to announce the results of the first-past-the-post election system until the court orders it.
Since the case is pending in the court, the commission has made it clear that the results will not be announced until the final order is received. ‘The commission should not stop the counting of votes.’ But the final result and the certificate of the winning candidate have been instructed,’ said election officer Baral, ‘The counting of votes in the direct direction will be completed by tomorrow night. The results will be announced only after further instructions.’
The rejected RSVP candidate had resigned while working in the forest office and started working as a contractor. RSVP candidate Sah, who had worked as a contractor for a long time in the import and export of forest products, later entered the construction sector through Kamal Construction. In the 2074 election, Sah was elected to the Provincial Assembly from Dhanusha-1 (1) from the UML. In the 2079 election, Sah joined the Janmat Party and contested the election for the House of Representatives. Sah, who finished fourth in the 2079 election, became a candidate from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
