Kathmandu, Jan 25: Election to pick
the members of National Assembly going vacant from coming March 4 is taking
place today.
As per the law, the election has to be held 35 days before the end of the tenure of the members. The election will take place from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm in the designated polling stations of the provinces.
The province assembly members,
rural municipality chairs and vice chairs, municipality mayors and deputy
mayors will cast their vote in the election.
There will be an electoral college
comprising members of the Province Assembly and chairperson and
vice-chairperson of the rural municipality and mayor and deputy mayor of the
municipality.
The weightage of a vote from
Province Assembly members is 53 while it is 19 of a vote from chairpersons and
vice-chairpersons of the rural municipalities and mayors and deputy mayors of
municipalities. With this, the total vote weightage will be 57,559.
A total of 1,958 voters, including
549 provincial assembly members and chiefs and deputy chiefs of local levels,
will cast their votes in the election.
All necessary preparation have been
completed, the election commission said. (RSS)