By A Staff Reporter

Kathmandu, Nov. 30:

Voting for by-election for 52 different posts of the Federal Parliament, State Assembly and Local levels has begun in 37 districts.

People have already started lining up in their respective polling booths to cast their votes. 

The voting began from 7:00 in the morning and will be done till 5:00 in the evening, informed Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya, Chief Election Commissioner.

Polls are being held in 247 polling booths and 537 voting centres.
There are 32 polling booths and 82 voting centres for the election of the member of the House of Representatives, 87 booths and 174 centres for three members of the State Assembly and 137 booths and 281 centres for local level representatives.

Of the 52 positions for which the election is being held, one is for the House of Representatives and three for the State Assembly.
Lawmaker from Kaski district constituency 2 Rabindra Adhikari died in a chopper crash in Taplejung.

He was the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Likewise, three positions of State Assembly of – Bhaktapur of State 3, Baglung of Gandaki State and Dang of State 5 – had remained vacant due to the death of previously elected Assembly members Hari Sharan Lamichhane, Tek Bahadur Gharti and Uttar Kumar Oli respectively.
In the local levels, death of Mayor of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City in Sunsari district Tara Subba, Chairman of Falgunanda Rural Municipality in Panchthar Amar Kumar Nembang, Chairman of Makalu Rural Municipality in Sankhuwasabha Khadga Bahadur Katuwal, Chairman of Pipara Rural Municipality in Mahottari Binod Chaudhari and Vice-Chair of Kharpunath Rural Municipality in Humla Sindhu Hamal had created the vacancies.
Similarly, the elections will be held in 43 different local bodies to elect the ward chairs.

About 470,333 voters will exercise their voting rights today.