Ilam by-election: Vote counting of Phakphokthum -1 and 2 concludes

Fikkal (Ilam): The counting of votes under the by-election to the member of the House of Representatives in Ilam, constituency 2 has started.

Out of the 2,836 votes from Phakphokthum rural municipality ward number 1 and 2 counted so far, Nepali Congress candidate Dambar Bahadur Khadka has secured 1,145 votes while the CPN (UML) candidate Suhang Nembang has polled 1,063 votes.

Similarly, independent candidate Dakendra Singh Limbu has got 311 votes and the Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Milan Limbu bagged 209 votes. Sixty-nine thousand two hundred and eighty-seven votes were cast in the by-election held on Saturday.

The voter turnout was 59.79 percent. There were 115 thousand 889 registered voters in the Ilam-2 constituency.

Nineteen candidates, including 12 of political parties and seven independents are in the fray in the by-election.