Kathmandu, 21 November: The voter turnout in  parliamentary election has remained at less than 61 per cent, according to the preliminary report of the Election Commission (EC). The EC has said that the elections were held peacefully sparing some sporadic incidents. A total of 17,988,570 voters were registered at the Election Commission. There were altogether 22,227 voting centres in 10,892 polling stations set up for the election to the House of Representatives (HoR) and Provincial Assembly. According to the EC, information on voter turnout is being registered in the EC’s entry system. The EC shared that voting was postponed in 15 polling centres in Surkhet, Nawalparasi (Susta Purba), Gulmi and Bajura among others despite the EC’s efforts to hold the polls peacefully and conveniently. A civilian died in a confrontation occurred in Bajura district during voting while some civilians were injured in other places, the EC said. People's News Monitoring Service