Ilam by-poll: Counting completes in three wards

Ilam: The counting of votes under the by-election of the Member of the House of Representatives in Ilam constituency no. 2 was completed from Phakphokthum Rural Municipality-1, 2 and 3, the officials said.

As per the latest data, Nepali Congress candidate Dambar Bahadur Khadka is leading the vote count by obtaining 1,658 votes while CPN (UML) candidate Suhang Nembang has got 1,630 votes.

Likewise, independent candidate Dakendra Singh Limbu has managed 430 votes and the Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Milan Limbu obtained 308 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.