48 Polling Stations in Gulmi Classified as Highly Sensitive Ahead of Elections

Gulmi. Forty-eight polling stations here have been listed as highly sensitive. Out of 145 polling stations in the district, the District Security Committee has classified them into three categories: 48 highly sensitive, 57 sensitive, and 40 normal.

The classification of these polling stations was based on a study of factors such as geographical difficulties, activities in past elections, communication access, transportation reach, criminal activities, competition between political parties, and security sensitivity, according to Badri Nath Gaire, Chairman of the District Security Committee and Chief District Officer (CDO).

The District Security Committee and the Election Office have already inspected and observed the polling stations designated as highly sensitive. He mentioned that the committee is working rapidly in the district according to the directive of the Central Security Committee to ensure the election is conducted impartially, peacefully, and without fear.

CDO Gaire informed that the committee's recommendation to partially shift 516 voters from Musiikot Secondary School in Musikot Municipality-4 to Janata Basic School in Arupata has been approved by the Commission.

According to him, three polling stations have been added in the district for this election. The Chief District Officer stated that the Election Commission added these polling stations based on the recommendation of the Polling Station Review Committee chaired by the Chief District Officer.

The newly added polling stations are the Ward Office in Satyawati Rural Municipality-6, the Service Center in Simle, Musikot-1, and the Balithum Narhari Kandel Secondary School in Gulmi Durbar Rural Municipality-1. Recommendations have also been sent to the Commission to establish polling centers at the Prison Office for inmates and staff at the prison, and at the Rudrabeni Old Age Home for the elderly residing there.

Rishi Ram Ghimire, Election Officer at the District Election Office, Gulmi, which has two constituencies, informed that there are currently 115,210 female voters, 114,337 male voters, and two other voters in the district. The district currently has 145 polling stations and 284 polling centers.