Gorkha, May 14

A total of 98.99 per cent votes were cast at Samdo polling station at Chumanubri rural municipality-1 in the district that borders Tibet, as per election officers. Out of the 71 listed voters in the village, 70 cast their ballot with one dead, they said.

The voting started from 7:00am and concluded at 9:00am. Likewise, voting concluded at another polling station at Chumanubri Rural Municipality.

Meanwhile, a centenarian cast his vote at a polling station at Chandra Jyoti Primary School in Gorkha Municipality. Nanda Bahadur Poudel, 104, reached the voting station with the help of a walking stick, said local resident Kishor Jungba Thapa.

Voting went on in Gorkha in a peaceful manner, claimed the Office of the Chief Election Officer in Gorkha.

Minor clashes ensued at polling centres at Gorkha Municipality between cadres of CPN-MC and CPN-UML. Former prime minister and Naya Shakti Party-Nepal Coordinator Baburam Bhattarai cast his vote at Palungtar in his home district Gorkha.