Rajbiraj, September 24

Election results of 17 of 18 local levels have been made public in Saptari.  Voters are eagerly waiting for the result of Rajbiraj Municipality.

The election at Ward No 15 of Rajbiraj Municipality was postponed after the candidate for ward chairman died. Vote counting began after completion of election in the ward on Thursday. However, vote count in the ward was halted due to inconsistency in the announced result and the published data. Vote counting resumed after a multi-party meeting today.

District election office said that the election result would be made public within two to three days.

As per the election result published today, Yogendra Chaudhary of Nepali Congress, Hemayu Hak of Federal Socialist Forum-Nepal and Basanta Mishra won the election in Sambhunath, Khadak and Kanchanrup municipalities respectively.

Hemayu is the son of former lawmaker Sadarul Miya Hak who was elected from Constituency No 5 in the first Constituent Assembly election.

As per the latest update, NC and FSF-N have won an equal number of ward — five each — whereas Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal, CPN-UML and Naya Shakti Nepal have won election in 4, 2 and 1 levels respectively.