Nepal Elections: Voting completed peacefully in Nepal, counting will start in some time
Kathmandu. Voting in Nepal’s first general election held after the Generation-Z movement ended peacefully on Thursday. Barring isolated incidents, voting for the election of members of the House of Representatives was conducted peacefully and enthusiastically across the country. According to the newspaper Kantipur, as per the schedule set by the Election Commission, voting started at 7 in the morning and ended at 5 in the evening.
Election Commission Commissioner Dr. Janaki Kumari Tuldhar said that even though the voting time is till 5 pm, the voters standing in the queue at the polling station can vote even after that. According to the Commission, till now no formal announcement has been made to postpone voting at any polling station. The dispute in Dolakha, Sarlahi and Rautahat was resolved for some time.
Voting is continuing at Malu polling station located in Tamakoshi-4 of Dolakha even after being postponed for some time. The commission has said that a press conference will be held at 6:15 pm on Thursday to give information about the details of the voting. In the direct election system, 65 political parties are contesting on 61 election symbols. There are 3,406 candidates in the fray in the direct election system, including 3,017 men, 388 women and one other candidate.
There are 3,135 candidates in the fray in the proportional election system, including 1,363 men and 1,772 women. Elections were held for 165 constituencies in the direct election system and 110 seats in the proportional election system. There are 1.89 crore voters in this election, which includes more than 90 lakh men and more than 92 lakh women. There are also 1.86 lakh provisional voters in the election.
For this election, 23,112 polling stations were scheduled out of 10,967 polling stations across the country. 143 temporary polling stations were also created. Arrangements were made to give priority to senior citizens, handicapped persons, disabled persons and pregnant women for easy voting. 79,727 Nepal Army, 75,797 Nepal Police, 34,567 armed police forces, 1,921 National Investigation Agency and 149,090 election police forces were deployed for election security.
Meanwhile, Nepal’s interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki expressed happiness over the parliamentary elections being held in the country and said that she has discharged her duty. According to the report of Himalayan Times, Mrs. Karki cast her vote at the polling booth of Dhapasi Lower Secondary School Fiyamalchuli in Constituency-5 of Kathmandu. Later, while talking to reporters, he expressed happiness over the enthusiastic conduct of the elections. In response to a question about his leadership, he said, “I have fulfilled my duty. Elections are going on in the country and I am very happy.
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