NA by-polls today, results to be announced in evening

KATHMANDU, May 20: The Election Commission (EC) is holding the by-elections for a vacant seat in the National Assembly (NA) from Bagmati Province, on Thursday. According to the poll body, voting is taking place between 9 AM and 3 PM.

Minister for Home Affairs, Ram Bahadur Thapa from the ruling CPN-UML andDr Khimlal Devkota from the opposition alliance including Nepali Congress (NC), CPN (Maoist Center) and Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) are vying for the vacant seat in the upper house of parliament. Similarly, Krishna Bahadur Tamang from the Nepal Peasants and Farmers Party is also in the race.