HoR Election Concludes Peacefully

The election to the House of Representatives (HoR) members has concluded peacefully across the country today. People took part in voting enthusiastically.

The Election Commission (EC) had determined the voting period from 7:00am to 5:00pm today. Election Commissioner Dr Janaki Kumari Tuladhar informed that those standing in line by 5:00pm would be allowed voting.

Although very few voting stations witnessed obstructions, there is no information on official postponement of the voting. The disputes surfaced in Dolakha, Sarlahi and Rautahat districts were settled quickly.

Malu voting station of Tamakoshi-4 in Dolakha saw obstruction, but the voting resumed after a while.

EC will conduct a press conference this evening share detail information on the election and voters turnout.

Altogether, 65 political parties have contested under the first-past-the-post (direct) system with 61 election symbols. Under this system, 3,017 male candidates, 388 female candidates and one candidate from the other gender are in fray, bringing the total to 3,406 candidates.

Similarly, under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system, 1,363 male and 1,772 female candidates who make a total of 3,135 candidates were in the race.

Voting under the direct electoral system was held across all 165 constituencies, while 110 seats have been allocated under the PR system.

The total number of voters listed by EC stood at 10,893,689 for the election. Of them, 9,663,358 were male voters, 1,230,131 female voters and 200 belonged to other genders.

The EC reported that there were 186,142 temporary voters in this election.

Likewise, the EC had set up 23,112 polling centers in 10,967 polling stations including 143 temporary polling stations for the election.

During the voting, priority was given to senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and pregnant women for them to cast their ballots conveniently.

To ensure election security, a total of 79,727 Nepali Army personnel were mobilized while altogether 75,797 security personnel from the Nepal Police were deployed.

Similarly, 34,567 personnel from the Armed Police Force were stationed while 1,921 officials from the National Investigation Department and 149,090 temporary election police were assigned during the election. (RSS)