Election Commission Completes Printing Ballots for 60 Constituencies Ahead of Upcoming Polls

The Election Commission has announced that the printing of ballots for the direct election component of the House of Representatives elections, scheduled for Falgun 21, has been completed for 60 constituencies.

Commission's Assistant Spokesperson Kul Bahadur GC informed RSS that 7.26 million ballots for 60 constituencies have been printed so far. The 'packing' process for ballots from 25 districts has also been completed.

The printing of ballots for Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces (with the exception of one or two districts) has been finished. A total of 20.323 million ballots need to be printed for the direct election. The printing of ballots for the proportional representation system, totaling 20.4 million, was completed, and the printing of ballots for the direct election commenced at Janak Shiksha Samagri Kendra Limited starting Magh 16.

The Commission is continuing the ballot printing process, prioritizing districts in high-altitude and remote areas. The Commission is preparing to dispatch the ballots to the respective districts from Magh 25 to Falgun 3. The election offices have been authorized to procure 37 types of materials required for the elections locally within the respective districts.

Various types of election materials are being purchased by the Commission itself and are set to be sent to the districts, Assistant Spokesperson GC stated that ballots and other election materials will be transported via trucks to high-hill and accessible districts, and by helicopter to high-altitude districts.

The Commission stated that election materials purchased and remaining from the 2079 BS elections, such as plain white cloth and Swastika stamps, which were procured in the previous election, have been sent to Kathmandu surrounding areas and nearby districts.