Four Locations Designated as Temporary Polling Centers in Kailali District for Upcoming House of Representatives Election

Four locations in Kailali district have been designated as temporary polling centers in preparation for the upcoming election for the House of Representatives.

The Provincial Election Office announced that the temporary polling centers are the Tikapur Municipality building in Kailali's Constituency-1, the Banadevi Temple premises in Godawari Municipality under Constituency-4, the Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City building in Constituency-5, and the District Prison Branch in Dhangadhi.

Office Chief Premraj Bhatta stated, "Only those whose names are included in the permanent voter list can vote in the proportional representation system by going to the temporary polling centers."

Temporary polling centers have been established to allow personnel from the Nepali Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, government employees, and prison inmates to cast their votes. Employees, Army, Police, and inmates are only permitted to vote under the proportional representation system. There are 4,196 voters, including 40 inmates, eligible to vote at the district's temporary polling centers.

In Kailali district, which has five constituencies, the total number of permanent voters eligible to participate in both the first-past-the-post and proportional representation systems is 551,052. A total of 237 polling stations have been designated across the district for voters participating in both electoral systems.

The Election Office is currently conducting training for polling officers and assistant polling officers at a rapid pace. As the election date approaches, election materials, including ballot papers, have arrived in the district from the center.

Out of the 51 types of election materials required for the election, 37 types are being supplied by the Provincial Election Office, and the remaining 14 types are being supplied by the central office.

Voter education volunteers deployed in the wards are conducting voter education programs. 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.