DANG, March 9: More than 10,000 votes were declared invalid in Dang during the House of Representatives election counting on March 5. Out of 251,368 votes cast across the district’s three constituencies, 10,698 votes (4.25%) were found invalid, according to Gehendra Kunwar, Information Officer at the Lumbini Province Election Office in Dang.
Invalid votes more in rural parts of Gorkha
The highest number of invalid votes was recorded in Constituency 1, with 4,057 of 80,446 votes invalid. Constituency 3 saw 3,776 invalid votes out of 88,617, while Constituency 2 had 2,865 invalid votes out of 82,305.
However, Kunwar noted that the percentage of invalid votes has decreased compared to the 2022 election, when 14,709 out of 414,956 votes (5.92%) were invalid. He added that issues with election symbols, common during past coalition contests, were minimal this time, likely contributing to the drop.
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