INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, MARCH 27The Election Commission today released the number of voters
eligible for the upcoming local level elections scheduled for May 13.
CPN (US) ready for local level polls
Local level elections on May 13
According to the EC, there will be 17,733,723 voters.
A meeting of the EC held today fixed
the total number of voters for the local level polls, including 8,992,010 men, 8,741,530 women and 183 others, the EC's Assistant
Spokesperson Surya Prasad Aryal said.According to EC, Morang has the highest number with 715,223 voters, while Manang counts the lowest
number with 6,416.Jhapa and Kathmandu are ranked second and third with the highest number of voters, while Mustang and Dolpa are ranked in
the districts with the second and third lowest voters' number.The EC has come up a new provision making voters eligible if they turn 18
years on May 12 this year.Aryal said 10,756 voting stations and 21,955 voting centres have been set for the local level polls.A version of
this article appears in the print on March 28, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
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