KATHMANDU, Sept 21: More than 2,300 delegates had cast their votes by 3:30 pm on Tuesday to elect a new leadership on the fifth day of the 12th General Convention.
The convention election committee has added an hour to vote, according to Radheshyam Adhikari, the co-ordinator of the committee. The election begun at 10 am, two hours later than the scheduled start time.
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The election committee hopes that more than 3,000 among 3,088 delegates will vote by 5 pm. [break]
President hopefuls Sushil Koirala, Sher Bahadur Deuba and Bhim Bahadur Tamang have cast their votes.
The voting is being held at the Nepal Academy premises at Kamaladi.
