Third phase of local level elections being held in 136 local units of the eight districts in Province 2 saw 53 percent turnout as of 1 pm on Monday.

According to Joint Election Operation Centre (JEOC) of the Election Commission (EC), people are voting enthusiastically in all the voting centres.

As per the latest information from the JEOC, Saptari saw 50 percent , Siraha 50 percent, Dhanusha 45 percent, Rautahat 60 percent, Mahottari 50 percent, Bara 50 percent, Parsa 55 percent and Sarlahi saw 60 percent voters turnout as of 1pm today.

Voting will be concluded at 5 pm.

The third-phase polls will elect 6,627 people’s representatives in total. There are 37,236 candidates, 39 percent of them women, in the fray, according to the poll authority. Some eight candidates have been elected unopposed.