Polling officers who will be deployed at polling stations in hilly and mountainous districts have already received the necessary election materials and have begun their work, while training is underway for polling officers in the Terai-Madhes and urban districts.
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The entire preparation for the election of members of the House of Representatives to be held on Falgun 21 has reached the final stage. Ballot papers, ballot boxes and election materials for the election have been delivered to all districts.
The polling officers who will be deployed at polling stations in hilly and mountainous districts have been trained with the necessary election materials and have already left for their work areas, while polling officers are being trained in Terai-Madhes and urban districts.
'Employees have been deployed at polling stations in remote districts with the necessary materials,' said Election Commission Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, 'The priority of the upcoming election has shifted from districts to constituencies.' Stating that the commission is facilitating the work to be carried out in the districts, he said that training is being conducted for polling officers in most districts today as well.
He also said that the federal government and the concerned local levels have been requested to provide the physical infrastructure including schools, health institutions, ward offices and other facilities where polling stations are located for use in the voting process. The Commission has taken necessary decisions in the areas of election security, operation and facilitation of essential services, coordination and management of the election and voting process.
Meanwhile, according to RSS's Chitwan correspondent, the necessary materials have been sent to the offices of all three election officers. The polling officers will receive the materials from the morning of Falgun 18. The selection of employees to be deployed for voting, orientation of polling officers and assistant officers has been completed, informed Bhimsen Karki, Chief of the District Election Office.
2,964 employees, including polling officers, assistant officers and other employees, will be deployed in 494 polling stations in Chitwan. Chitwan Chief District Officer Ganesh Aryal informed that all four security agencies have been mobilized to conduct the election in a peaceful environment.
Sixty-five political parties in the election competition
65 political parties are competing under 61 election symbols for the first-past-the-post (direct) election system. There are 3,406 candidates in the direct election, including 3,017 men, 388 women and one other. Similarly, there are 3,135 candidates in the proportional election system, including 1,363 men and 1,772 women. Elections will be held for 165 constituencies in the direct election and 110 seats in the proportional election.
There are 18.93 million voters in this election, including 9,663,358 men, 9,240,131 women and 200 others. The commission has stated that 186,142 provisional voters have been registered.
23,112 polling stations have been determined in 10,967 polling stations across the country for the election. 143 provisional polling stations have been determined. 79,727 Nepal Army, 75,797 Nepal Police, 34,567 Armed Police Force, 1,921 National Investigation and 149,090 Election Police have been deployed for election security.
215,000 personnel are being deployed for the election. The commission has printed a total of 42.251 million ballot papers for direct and proportional representation. Four international and 39 national organizations have been deployed for election observation in this year's election.
