Mustang District Prepares for House of Representatives Election, Deploying 240 Staff to 39 Polling Stations

Mustang. A total of 240 staff will be deployed to 39 polling stations in the Himalayan district of Mustang for the House of Representatives election scheduled for the upcoming Falgun 21. The Chief Electoral Office here is preparing to assign six staff members per polling station, totaling the required number of election personnel.

According to Dipendra Poudel, Assistant Chief Electoral Officer at the Chief Electoral Office, preparations are underway to assign 78 staff, including Polling Officers and Assistant Polling Officers, to the 39 polling stations in Mustang.

Assistant Electoral Officer Poudel stated that for the election, each polling station will have one Polling Officer, one Assistant Polling Officer, three support staff, and one auxiliary staff member.

For the announced House of Representatives election, staff deployment prioritizes federal office employees first, provincial office employees second, and local level employees third.

The Chief Electoral Office also stated that an additional six staff members, including a Polling Officer and Assistant Polling Officer, will be assigned to the temporary polling station at the District Jail, Mustang.

Similarly, it was reported that in the Himalayan district of Mustang, there are eight polling stations with more than 500 voters and 31 polling stations with fewer than 500 voters. Additionally, one temporary polling center has been established at the District Jail branch.

A total of 86 volunteers will be mobilized across the 39 polling stations in the district for the election. According to the Chief Electoral Office, arrangements have been made to have three volunteers at polling stations with over 500 voters and two volunteers at polling stations with fewer than 500 voters.

It has been informed that the volunteers deployed for the election will be appointed based on the recommendation of the Polling Officer and Assistant Polling Officer stationed at the respective polling station.

Furthermore, the District Election Office announced that 95 percent of the election materials, including those from the Election Commission and the Food Corporation, have been made available for the House of Representatives election on Falgun 21. District Election Officer Lokendra Gyawali informed that the ballot boxes are at the office, and the ballots will be delivered via helicopter.