263 new voters added in Manang

KATHMANDU, Jan 8: A total of 263 new voters have been added in Manang during the voter registration campaign carried out by the Election Office, Manang at the local level.

The office conducted a voter registration campaign in all three local levels of the district. Apart from that, voters’ details are also being collected from the Election Office and District Administration Office. In the first phase, the voter list was collected in Ngisyang Rural Municipality and Narpabhumi Municipality and in the second phase, the voter list was collected in Naso Municipality.

Acting Chief Election Officer of the Election Office Manang, Ananta Subedi, shared that the highest number of voters has been added from Manang Ngisyang rural municipality. According to him, 28 voters have been added from the village municipality, 10 from Narpabhumi municipality and 25 from Naso municipality. The number of women added is higher.

Similarly, 200 voters have been added from the District Election Office and the District Administration Office. "Registration details are being verified. If the name is repeated, it will be removed," he said. 

The collected details will be verified and sent to the Election Commission.