The Election Commission has delivered ballot papers to all 165 constituencies for the House of Representatives elections to be held on 21 Falgun. The Commission has stated that all necessary election materials along with the ballot papers have reached the concerned places.

Commission spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai informed that election officers have been deployed for polling station-focused work. Election officers and employees should reach all polling stations by 18 Falgun. Proportional ballot papers with election symbols in black have been printed on white paper. The ballot papers have the election symbols of 58 parties. 28 million ballot papers have been printed for the proportional representation. There are 18.9 million 3,689 voters across the country. 

Similarly, there are 3,406 candidates in 165 constituencies for the direct election. There are at least 5 to 45 candidates per constituency. Small ballot papers have been prepared for places with fewer candidates and large ballot papers have been prepared for places with more candidates. 23 million ballot papers have been printed for the direct election. 

Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ram Prasad Bhandari said that all the election preparations have been completed. ‘The staff has already started going to the polling stations,’ he said, ‘now it is the turn of the voters to make a wise decision.’ Ballot papers from Manang, Mustang, Humla, Dolpa and Mugu have been delivered by helicopter. Elsewhere, the commission has stated that ballot papers have been sent by land. 

10,967 polling stations and 23,112 polling stations have been set up across the country. The commission has stated that this time 75 polling stations and 885 polling stations have been increased from the 2079 election. At that time, 10,892 polling stations and 22,227 polling stations were set up. Spokesperson Bhattarai said that the Nepali Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Election Police have been mobilized in the field with the election security plan. In total, 339,000 security personnel have been deployed.

Similarly, the commission has stated that 222,000 employees have been deployed. 8 employees have been deployed in polling stations with less than 1,000 voters and 9 employees have been deployed in centers with more than 1,000 voters. Similarly, 6,700 volunteers have been mobilized in all wards across the country for voter education. 

There are 186,142 temporary voters. Of the expected 500,000 temporary voters, fewer than that have registered their names in the temporary voter list. There is a provision that employees working at the federal, provincial or local levels, Nepal Army, Nepal Police, and Armed Police Force in barracks can be included in the temporary voter list. Similarly, the names of prisoners and detainees in prisons, people living in old age homes, and office bearers of constitutional bodies can be included in the temporary voter list. The Commission had set a time of one month for that. Those whose names are registered in the temporary voter list will be able to vote in the proportional representation system from the polling station where they are deployed. 

The Commission has stated that campaigning will be prohibited after the silence period begins from midnight on March 18. The Commission has directed the Home Ministry to ensure full compliance with the election code of conduct. Similarly, the Commission has also asked the government to make arrangements to ban the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages from 7 days before the date of voting until the results are announced. Similarly, the operation of vehicles, except those with passes, will be banned on the day of voting. The Commission has written to the government to make arrangements to ban the operation of vehicles across the country from midnight of 20 Falgun until the voting is completed on 21 Falgun. 

The Commission has said that voters should take their voter ID card with them when going to vote. If they do not have a voter ID card, they can go to the polling station with their citizenship, national identity card, passport, driver's license or land ownership certificate, the Commission has said in a statement. Meanwhile, the Commission has sent invitations to the heads of election commissions of various countries to be election observers in Nepal. According to Spokesperson Bhattarai, the commissions of some other countries that keep sending invitations to the Commission have been invited. 

In SAARC, apart from Afghanistan, the Commission has sent invitations to the chief commissioners of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives and Bhutan. Similarly, the election commissions of Australia, South Korea, Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan have also been invited, said spokesperson Bhattarai. He said that it has not yet been confirmed which countries will come.