According to Central Police Spokesperson Abinarayan Kafle, no other problems have been observed apart from minor altercations and disputes in some places.
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Nepal Police has stated that voting is taking place peacefully across the country . According to Central Police Spokesperson Abinarayan Kafle, apart from minor altercations and disputes in some places, no other problems have been seen .
'There was some minor scuffle during the election, no serious problems have been seen,' he told Kantipur, 'We are trying to conduct the election peacefully throughout the day .'
There was a minor dispute in Sarlahi Constituency No. 4, although voting resumed shortly . A bullet carried by police deployed for election security in Udayapur accidentally went off . In the process, a ballot box containing three votes at the Tawakhola (B) polling station, a vegetable and fruit center located in Katari Municipality-3, suffered minor damage .
Voting has resumed after changing the ballot box . The gun carried by the police deployed on Thursday morning went off accidentally . The gunfire caused minor damage to the ballot box at the polling station. There was also minor conflict in Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk. However, voting was not disrupted in some places.
The government had identified the groups trying to disrupt the election and had already taken some of them under control and had even held talks with some.
The Election Commission has designated 11,901 polling stations and 23,112 polling stations across the country. Of these, 4,114 polling stations have been placed on the highly sensitive list. Security personnel have been deployed based on sensitivity. According to the ministry, 4,442 polling stations across the country are sensitive and 2,845 are on the general security challenge list.
In Kathmandu Valley, 278 polling stations are general, 237 polling stations are sensitive and 12 polling stations are highly sensitive. In Koshi, 647 polling stations are general, 237 polling stations are sensitive and 12 are highly sensitive.
In Madhesh, 159 are listed as normal, 755 as sensitive and 1,246 as highly sensitive. In Bagmati (excluding the valley), 437 are listed as normal, 497 as sensitive and 1,288 as highly sensitive.
In Gandaki, 392 are listed as normal, 577 as sensitive and 328 as highly sensitive, in Lumbini, 471 are listed as normal, 738 as sensitive and 358 as highly sensitive.
In Karnali, 161 are listed as normal, 422 as sensitive and 358 as highly sensitive and in Sudurpaschim, 300 are listed as normal, 394 as sensitive and 481 as highly sensitive.
