Election Materials Arrive in Kailali for Upcoming House of Representatives Polls

Far-Western Region. Election materials, including ballot papers, arrived in Kailali on Monday for the upcoming House of Representatives elections.

Prem Raj Bhatta, Chief of the Provincial Election Office, Kailali, informed that election materials, including ballot papers for both the Proportional Representation and First-Past-the-Post (Direct) electoral systems, have arrived for all five constituencies in the district.

He stated, "Work is in full swing to ensure that materials, including ballot papers, reach all constituencies by Tuesday." Kailali has a total of 551,052 voters, with 108,491 in Constituency-1, 107,757 in Constituency-2, 109,122 in Constituency-3, 115,143 in Constituency-4, and 110,539 in Constituency-5.

Out of the total 51 types of election materials required, 37 types are being supplied by the Provincial Election Office, and the remaining 14 types will be supplied by the center. Training programs for the Returning Officers will commence from Falgun 6.

As part of the election preparations, voter education programs have been operationalized across all wards in the Sudurpaschim Province since Monday, with 734 voter education volunteers deployed. The assigned voter education volunteers have started providing voter education through schools as well as door-to-door campaigns. It has been stated that the voter education program will continue until Falgun 17.

In the Sudurpaschim Province, which has 16 constituencies for the House of Representatives, 206 candidates, including those from political parties and independents, are in the electoral contest.