Interesting elements of March 5 HoR elections
Summary
Nepal is set to hold elections on March 5 to elect 275 members of the House of Representatives using a mixed voting system with stringent security arrangements. Voters will cast two ballots to elect representatives via first-past-the-post and proportional representation systems.
Key Points
- The March 5 elections will elect 275 members to Nepal's House of Representatives using both FPTP and proportional representation systems.
- There are 18,503,689 eligible voters, including 9,240,131 females, 9,663,358 males, and 200 others.
- Security for the election includes deployment of approximately 75,000 Nepal Police, 79,000 Nepali Army soldiers, 134,000 election police officers, and 34,500 armed police officers.
- The Election Commission aims to announce results for 165 directly elected seats within 24 hours of ballot collection, with full results by March 9.
