20 days to go for HoR elections: Transporting ballot papers to 10 districts begins

Summary

The Election Commission has begun transporting ballot papers to 10 districts in Karnali province ahead of the House of Representatives elections scheduled in 20 days. Ballot printing for all constituencies across Nepal is progressing with millions of ballots prepared at Janak Education Materials Centre Limited.

Key Points
  • The Election Commission has started dispatching ballot papers to 12 electoral constituencies in 10 districts of Karnali province.
  • Ballot printing has been completed for 124 constituencies in 58 districts with a total of 15,778,000 ballots printed so far.
  • A total of 14,341 boxes of ballot papers have been packed with around 1,000 boxes packed daily and 1.3 to 1.5 million ballots printed daily.
  • Ballot papers for the House of Representatives elections are printed at Janak Education Materials Centre Limited, Sano Thimi, with separate counts for proportional representation and First-Past-the-Post systems.
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