- Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Over 1.6 million voters of Gandaki Province voting in tomorrow's election
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Gandaki, Nov 19: A total of 1,662,246 registered voters in Gandaki Province are going to exercise their franchise in tomorrow's House of Representatives (HoR) and Province Assembly elections.
Among the registered voters, females constituted the highest at 869,538 while the number of male voters stood at 792,697. Similarly, 11 voters were categorized as 'others', whose gender identities were neither male nor female, according to the Province Election Office, Pokhara.
The Province with 11 districts in total has 18 constituencies for the HoR election and 36 for the Province Assembly election, shared Information Officer at the Office, Rudra Neupane.
In the provincial capital district Kaski, there are three constituencies. The provincial capital has 264,456 voters registered with the Election Commission of Nepal among them 140,369 were female, 124,083 were male and 4 were categorized as 'Others'.
Altogether 89 candidates are contesting for HoR and Province Assembly election from the Kaski district, added Neupane.
Furthermore, he informed that over 28,000 election staff have been mobilized in the province that includes election officers, and assistant election officers.
Election staff has already reached their respective polling stations with election materials to successfully conduct the upcoming twin election, according to the Province Election Office, Pokhara. (RSS)
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