Presidential candidate Gopal Krishna Ghimire has maintained his lead in the counting of votes for the election of the 26th Central Working Committee of the Nepal Bar Association.
Ghimire has received 905 votes so far while his rival Bishnumani Adhikari has received 447 votes. According to Senior Advocate Usha Malla Pathak, Chief Election Superintendent of Nepal Bar Association, 2078 BS, counting of votes has been completed in 13 centers so far.
Of them, counting of votes has been completed in Sarlahi, Ilam, Mahendranagar, Parsa, Dipayal, Jhapa, Janakpur, Rautahat, Dhankuta, Dhangadhi, Siraha, Bara and Surkhet. The group led by Ghimire has the lead in the counting of votes . So far, Anjita Khanal has got 813 votes and Kedar Prasad Koirala has got 531 votes. Bharat Bahadur Raut got 870 votes and Jagat Bahadur Karki got 486 votes.
The counting of votes had started on Tuesday morning but was postponed in the evening and resumed from 9 am today. Voting was held in 35 places across the country, including the Kathmandu Center.
Nine thousand 708 voters had cast their votes in the election for the 25-member executive committee including 11 office bearers and members including the chairperson. There were 5,700 voters in the Kathmandu Valley and 3,500 outside the Kathmandu Valley. Only 7,429 votes were cast.