Lamjung, November 14

Five candidates filed their candidacy to contest the post of ward chairman in the by-election, slated for November 30, from Sundarbazaar Municipality-2 in Lamjung today.

Four candidates from different political parties and an independent candidate registered their candidacy at the Chief Election Officer’s Office at Sundarbazaar yesterday. Nabin Kumar Shrestha from the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Prakash Sedain of Nepali Congress, Pawan Raj Basaula of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Ram Jee Darjee of Mongol National Organisation and Independent candidate Krishna Bahadur KC filed their candidacy.

The ward chairman’s post had fallen vacant after Sundar Bazaar Municipality Ward No 2 Chairman Lok Raj Pandey was elected as chief of the District Coordination Committee.

According to election Officer Srijana Mishra at District Election Office, as many as 2,297 voters will cast their vote. She said that two booths and three voting centres were fixed for the election.