All-Female Staff to Manage Key Polling Station for Upcoming House of Representatives Election in Jumla

Jumla. For the House of Representatives election scheduled for this coming Falgun 21, all staff deployed at the Chandannath polling center in Jumla will be female employees. At the polling station located at Chandannath Secondary School in the district headquarters Khalanga Bazaar, the polling officer, assistant polling officer, support staff, and office assistant will all be women overseeing the election process.

Chief Election Officer Anandaraj Pant stated that the female staff are committed to conducting the election peacefully while fully adhering to the Election Code of Conduct 2082. He emphasized that the role of political parties, journalists, and all stakeholders is crucial for a peaceful, dignified, and organized election.

Chief District Officer Deepak Paudel also urged mass media to play a decisive role by collecting and disseminating content that sends a positive message. Informing that the total number of voters in the district is 71,739, he mentioned that 654 employees will be deployed for the election.

Each polling center will have one polling officer, one assistant polling officer, three support staff, and one office assistant, informed Election Officer Dipendra Kandel, adding that 110 polling centers and 85 polling stations have been established across the district.

In preparation for the election, voter education programs are being conducted in all 60 wards across the eight local levels of the district. According to Assistant Chief Election Officer Harikrishna Timilsena, 77,000 ballot papers for the first-past-the-post system and 80,000 for the proportional representation system have arrived in Jumla.

For election security, the Nepali Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and 974 election police from the district will be deployed to ensure peace and security at the polling centers. Additionally, 925 temporary voter lists have been collected in the district, and two temporary polling centers have been established.

With eight days remaining until the election, a one-day interaction and discussion program was held today, organized by the District Election Office Jumla, to strictly enforce the election code of conduct. Meanwhile, the Election Office announced that training for polling officers and assistant officers will commence on Falgun 15.