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The People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections PAFFREL said yesterday that it received 106 complaints on election day, of which 40 were from the Central Province, 32 from the North Western Province and 34 from the Northern Province.

The group said it had deployed 3,500 stationary observers, 750 mobile observers and eight international observers from the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) for yesterday’s election.

Their observation teams were supported by nearly 50 lawyers who volunteered their services on the day of elections.

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