Frustration with old guard cited as main reason for relatively low turnout

Without independent candidates and new parties, the voter turnout would have been lower still, observers say.

Sanjay Khatri, 37, from Sanepa, Lalitpur reached the polling centre at ward 10 with his 84-year-old grandmother on Sunday morning. He was there only for his grandmother. Khatri himself had already decided to boycott the polls.