Local Level by-election: 102-year-old man votes in Hetauda

Manahari (Makawanpur), Dec 1: A centenarian man has cast ballot at a polling station at Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City-12 in Makawanpur district in the ongoing local level by-election.

By-election is being held today in various local levels across the country to fill various 41 vacant seats including ward chairperson post in Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City ward no 12. Govinda Lamichhane, 102, exercised his franchise in the polling station set up at Bishnu Jyoti Basic School at Bhorle in the ward no 12 and became the oldest voter in this by-election.

The by-election started from 7 am today. Voters are enthusiastically taking part in the voting, said Voting Officer Saroj Poudel. Among the 8,053 registered voters in the ward, a total of 4,223 voters cast vote in two polling stations as of 1:00 pm, informed Voting Officer Poudel. Voters are still queuing up to vote in the both polling stations, he added.