Printing Complete for House of Representatives Election Ballots in 44 Districts

Kathmandu. The printing of ballots for 100 constituencies across 44 districts for the House of Representatives election scheduled for Falgun 21 has been completed. The ballot printing work is underway at the Janak Shiksha Samagri Kendra in Bhaktapur.

As of Monday, a total of 12.256 million ballots have been printed, informed Kul Bahadur GC, Assistant Spokesperson for the Election Commission. According to the Commission, the printing of ballots for Dolpa, Mugu, Jumla, Kalikot, Humla, Jajarkot, Dailekh, Rukum (Western Part), Salyan, Surkhet, Bajura, Achham, Bajhang, Doti, Dadeldhura, Darchula, Baitadi, Kailali, Kanchanpur, and Panchthar has been completed.

Similarly, the printing of ballots for Ilam, Tehrathum, Bhojpur, Okhaldhunga, Sunsari, Taplejung, Sankhuwasabha, Solukhumbu, Khotang, Dhankuta, Baglung, Gulmi, Jhapa, Gorkha, Myagdi, Parbat, Bardaghat Susta West (Nawalparasi), Morang, Udayapur, and Mustang has also been finalized.

The printing of ballots for 44 districts, including Lamjung, Tanahun, Syangja, and Bardiya, has been completed. He stated that the ballots for various districts whose printing is complete have also been 'packed'. So far, 10,759 boxes of ballots have been packed.

For the House of Representatives election, the ballot printing for the Proportional Representation system and the First-Past-the-Post system began on Poush 22 at Janak Shiksha Samagri Kendra Limited, Sanothimi. The Commission stated that 1,098,200 sample ballots were printed in the first phase and sent to various districts.

The Commission reported that starting from Poush 26, the printing of ballots for the Proportional Representation system began, and by Magh 13, 20.83 million ballots were printed, packed, verified, and kept ready for dispatch. The Commission stated that 20.323 million ballots need to be printed for the First-Past-the-Post election. The printing of ballots for the First-Past-the-Post system commenced on the morning of Magh 16.