KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the Election Commission’s decision to conduct re-polling in Ward 19 of  Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

A division bench of Justices Om Prakash Mishra and Purushottam Bhandari quashed the writ petition filed by  CPN-UML ward member candidate for Bharatpur-19 Gunjaman BK, and advocate Tulsiram Pandey against the EC decision to conduct re-election.

The EC had ordered re-polling after two CPN-MC representatives allegedly tore 90 ballot papers on May 29 following which the counting was halted.

A single bench of Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana on June 5 had issued an interim order telling the EC not to implement its June 2 decision to hold re-polling in Bharatpur Metropolis-19.