To make polling stations more women-friendly, women, from staff to police, were deployed at two centers.
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Women, from staff to police, have been deployed at two polling stations in Lamjung for the House of Representatives elections to be held on Falgun 21. Women staff and police have been deployed at both the Janvikas Secondary School (A) and (B) centers in Besisahar Bazaar, Besisahar Municipality 7, which is the district headquarters.
There are 588 voters in Janvikas (A) and 637 voters in (B). According to Chief Election Officer Shishir Raj Dhakal, Integrated Service Office Chief Mita Kumari Thapa has been assigned as polling officers in (A) center and Madhya Nepal Municipality officer Manju Thapa Magar has been assigned as polling officers in (B) center.
Assistant Polling Officer Melina Khadka of Veterinary Hospital and Animal Service Office in Center (A), Sita Thapa Panthi, Shanti Gurung, Laxmi Rimal as assistant staff and Yochini Gurung as support staff.
Assistant Polling Officer Chandra Kumari Gurung of Marsyangdi Rural Municipality in Center (B), Sarita Tharu, Babita Bishwakarma, Radha Gyawali as assistant staff and Shila Kumari Shrestha as support staff are the polling officers. The polling officer will be allowed to appoint 3 support staff and these staff will also be women, informed Assistant Election Officer Rambandhu Gautam. Chief Election Officer Dhakal said that women have been assigned to 2 centers, from staff to police, to make the polling centers women-friendly.
According to District Police Chief DSP Jitendra Kumar Shrestha, there will be 10 police officers from Nepal Police, including 4 Nepal Police and 4 Election Police, at Janabikas Mavi, which has a single polling station. He said that all the police officers are women, led by Police Assistant Inspector Parameswari Nepali.
According to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, there are 193 polling stations in 130 polling stations, including one temporary one. 1,150 employees will be deployed in this. 2 to 3 volunteers will be deployed at each polling station. 6 employees will be deployed at each polling station, and one assistant employee will be reduced to 5 employees at polling stations with less than 300 voters. There are 5 polling stations with less than 300 voters in Lamjung.
In Lamjung, civil servants and employees of corporations under the Government of Nepal have been appointed as polling officers and assistant polling officers. Some primary level teachers have been appointed as other employees. There are 12 candidates in Lamjung, including 11 political parties and one independent.
Out of a total of 137,124 voters in Lamjung, 69,524 are women and 67,600 are men. The number of female voters is 1,924 more than that of men. Compared to the 2079 BS House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections, the number of voters this time has increased by 3,407. In the previous election, there were 133,717 voters.
