23.23 million ballots for direct and 28.30 million ballots for proportional representation have been prepared for 18.93 million voters.
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The Election Commission has printed 23.23 million ballot papers for the direct election and 28.30 million ballot papers for the proportional election. According to the commission, there are 18.93 million 689 voters across the country this time.
There are 96,633,588 men and 92,401,311 women. This time, 915,119 voters have been added.
The commission has stated that it has printed 42,931,110 more ballot papers than the total number of voters. According to the commission's assistant spokesperson Kul Bahadur GC, about 7 percent more ballot papers have been printed. He said that the same amount of extra ballot papers are printed in every election, keeping in mind the emergency and disaster situations. "Sometimes, ballot papers can get destroyed, different ballot papers can reach the constituency while being supplied, so more are printed," GC said. "Sometimes, ballot papers can get damaged due to weather conditions, and they can get damaged or destroyed at the polling station, so additional ballot papers are printed."
He said that more proportional ballot papers have been printed than direct ones. He said that more were printed because there are also temporary voters who vote for proportional representation. "More ballot papers have been printed because security personnel, senior citizens, prisoners and employees deployed in the election will be able to vote in the proportional representation," he said. "The ballot papers have been printed with the expectation that about 500,000 more temporary voters may participate in the voting."
The GC informed that 23.23 million ballot papers have been printed for 165 constituencies in 77 districts and are being delivered to each district. He said that the transportation of ballot papers started from Karnali Province on 29th Magh and has been completed in Sudurpaschim, Karnali and Koshi Provinces. He said that the process of sending ballot papers to Madhesh, Gandaki and Bagmati Provinces has also started and the ballot papers will reach all constituencies within this week. The commission has stated that election materials other than ballot papers have already been transported.
37 domestic and 4 foreign organizations receive permission for observation 41 domestic and foreign organizations have received permission for election observation. There are 37 domestic and 4 foreign organizations. 39 foreigners from four organizations, including the Carter Center, ENFREL (Asian Network for Free Elections), the International Republican Institute (IRI), and the Multidisciplinary Institute of Training and Learning, have received permission to observe the election.
GC said that 4,200 people from Nepali organizations have received permission to observe the election. Nepali organizations that have received permission to observe the election include the Federation of Non-Governmental Organizations, the Federation of Nepali Journalists, the Nepal Bar Association, the National Human Rights Commission, the Nepal Law Society, and the National Federation of the Disabled.
The commission has also prepared a code of conduct for election observers. Observers will have to work within the Election Code of Conduct 2082. According to the code of conduct, observers are not allowed to misuse their vehicle passes, advocate for or against any party, interfere with the work of the staff deployed in the voting process by asking unnecessary questions at the polling station, and make any signals by sitting near the polling station.
Assistant Spokesperson GC said that the Commission has taken election observation forward with importance to promote the cleanliness of the election, enhance transparency, and ensure democratic legitimacy. The work of entering the names of observers on behalf of the organizations that have received permission has been completed, and the Commission has already oriented the representatives of the organizations.
