Kathmandu, 14 May: The Election Commission (EC) has said that votes were not cast as per the expectation in local-level elections on Friday. As per the EC's preliminary analysis, although the voting was conducted in a peaceful manner, only 65 per cent votes were cast. Voting was postponed in 44 polling centres of 18 local levels due to dispute and clash. The EC has been receiving the preliminary report from around 50,000 election observers of 68 organisations. Elections were halted in some polling centers in districts including Jumla, Saptari, Kavre, Rautahat, Ramechhap, Bara, Bajura and Parbat following disputes and subsequent clashes People’s News Monitoring Service