Female Staff to Lead Two Polling Stations in Gulmi for House of Representatives Election

Gulmi. For the House of Representatives election scheduled for this Falgun 21, female employees will lead two polling stations in Gulmi. The polling stations to be led by women are Booth (A) at Siddhababa Secondary School in Resunga Municipality-8 and Booth (B) at Jansahayog Secondary School in Resunga Municipality-5.

All staff, including security personnel, deployed at these polling stations are women, informed Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Assistant Returning Officer at the Office of the Chief Returning Officer. Srijana Mishra is the Presiding Officer at Booth (A) of Siddhababa Secondary School in the district headquarters Tansen. Similarly, Pushpa Rayamajhi Aryal is the Presiding Officer at Booth (B) of Jansahayog Secondary School in Bhuwanpani. 

The District Election Office has provided election-related orientation training to the Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers for both constituencies in Gulmi. District Election Officer Rishiram Ghimire stated that the Presiding Officers have been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the election impartially following the election orientation.

A total of 1,716 employees have been deployed in the district for the House of Representatives election. Election Officer Harihar Poudel informed that 285 Presiding Officers, 285 Assistant Presiding Officers, 855 assistant staff (three per polling station), and 285 support staff will be deployed across the 285 polling stations in the district.

It has been recommended to the Election Commission to establish one temporary polling station at the District Prison Office for staff and inmates. Gulmi, which has two constituencies, has a total of 229,549 voters: 115,210 women, 114,337 men, and two others.