The voting of the by-election for the vacant National Assembly (NA) seat in Bagmati Province has started. The Election Commission had mentioned that the voting would start at 9 am and conclude by 3 pm. However, the voting process started about 15 minutes late.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission has stated that it will make sure that the by-election is conducted in a free, fair, and trustworthy manner. “All preparations related to the election in terms of law and order, health safety protocol, and other logistic arrangements have been completed,” informed Spokesperson of the commission, Raj Kumar Shrestha.
A total of 348 voters including 110 province assembly members of Bagmati and 238 chairs and vice-chairs of rural municipalities and mayors and deputy mayors of municipalities under Bagmati Province are eligible to cast their votes in today’s by-election.
The weightage of a vote of province assembly member is 48 while it is 18 in the case of the chairs/mayors and vice-chairs/deputy mayors in the by-election.
The EC has urged all the voters to participate in the election of the first-past-the-post system to pick a NA member. The voting is taking place at the polling centre set up in Bhutandevi Higher Secondary School in Hetauda Sub-metropolis-4.
The arrangement has been made for separate voting for province assembly members, people’s representatives of the local level, and coronavirus-infected voters. One can cast their vote by showing the voter ID card issued earlier in different elections, citizenship certificate, or national ID card.
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